Jitka Hanzlová

Cotton Rose

Jitka Hanzlová, Ulf Erdmann Ziegler

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Steidl Verlag
01 February 2019

Individual photographers

In 2004 Jitka Hanzlova was invited by EU-Japan Fest to take part in the project European Eyes on Japan, which has been inviting European photographers to Japan since 1999 to photograph people and life in the country's various prefectures. Cotton Rose is the result of two years of travels in Gifu prefecture where Hanzlova visited cities and villages, attended ceremonies, learned Japanese and even entered into conversation with Tajima cattle, in an effort to first get to know the country, rural life, and traditions before mingling with the anonymous crowds in the cities. Nature being an important aspect even of modern Japanese culture, Hanzlova focused on the intrinsic connection between the people and their environment in a country of seemingly extreme opposites. The frail and tender cotton rose - a plant she discovered at the very beginning of her stay which, against all odds, reemerges in spring after surviving the harsh winters - came to symbolize for her the Japanese soul: fragile and tenacious at once.

Right in the beginning, somewhere in the countryside, I asked:

Which role does nature play in your culture?

- And the curt answer was:

Nature is the Mother.

This became branded in my mind and influenced my vision during the entire stay. Jitka Hanzlova

By: Jitka Hanzlová, Ulf Erdmann Ziegler
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 290mm, Width: 225mm,
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9783869301273
ISBN 10: 3869301279
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 February 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jitka Hanzlová, born 1958 in the former ČSSR, moved to Germany in 1982. Between 1987 and 1994 she studied visual communication at Essen University with a focus on photography. She has been awarded several photography awards, including the BMW-Paris Photo Prize 2007. Her solo exhibitions include those held at the Museum Folkwang, Essen; Fotomuseum Winterthur; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Fundación Mapfre, Madrid; and the National Gallery of Edinburgh.

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Cotton Rose is the result of two years of travels in Gifu prefecture where Jitka Hanzlova visited cities and villages, attended ceremonies, learned Japanese and even entered into conversation with Tajima cattle in an effort to first get to know the country, rural life, and traditions before mingling with the anonymous crowds in the cities.--Simon Skinner PhotoBite