One journey, two perspectives

Abstract

"An artist’s job is to articulate their relationship with the world and by placing oneself outside the familiar it is sometimes easier to discern where you stand and through what lenses you are looking. In late April of 2023 Anne Verhoijsen and Paul Glazier traveled together to Japan. Both had a long-standing desire to visit the country and both, in their own ways, had felt a strong attraction to the Japanese culture and aesthetic. The journey was a combination of familiarity and strangeness, full of surprises which at once resonated with what they already knew and sometimes totally shifted their sense of the country and culture. Their first direct contact with the country and these shifting perspectives are the subject of this series of photos. Verhoijsen and Glazier have very different ways of seeing and of interacting with their environment. By combining the two viewpoints, almost like a stereoscope, the impression of their journey gains an extra dimension."-- www.verhoijsen.com