In a recent webinar hosted by his friend Peter Fetterman, Michael Kenna declared, ‘If I was to create a school of photography it would be the Michael Kenna Sticks in Water School.’ If such a school existed, there’s no doubt it would be well attended – art lovers, gallerists and photographers have long been attracted to Kenna’s exquisite black & white observations of humanmade structures set against moving water, clouds and other natural phenomena. In fact, the photographer’s work is so instantly recognisable that ‘it reminds me of a Kenna’ is a comment often overheard at camera clubs.
After his more than 50 years spent honing his craft and bringing back carefully composed ‘visual haikus’ from
