LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL KENNA ON VIEWING OLD WORK WITH FRESH EYES, AND THE JOYS OF THE ANALOG PROCESS
By Kirk McElhearn
In March 2020, when COVID-19 led to worldwide lockdowns, Michael Kenna had a full calendar of trips and exhibits planned for the months to come. Instead, he found himself stuck at home with nowhere to go. Rather than taking new photos, he went back into his archive to look with fresh eyes at some of his earliest work. The result is Northern England 1983-1986, a book of photos from the area around where Kenna was born and grew up.