Hiroshi Watanabe

Street Lamp, Los Angeles, 1997, © Hiroshi Watanabe Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, 2005, © Hiroshi Watanabe Ellis Island 2, New York, 1999, © Hiroshi Watanabe

I recall discovering and loving the photographs of Hiroshi Watanabe a couple of months ago, but somehow his work slipped under the radar until now.

Watanabe's images are often soft and ethereal, with a beautiful tonal range; otherworldly, even though his subjects are based firmly in reality. You can see some larger images at the Hearst Photography Biennial site.