Ikki Mitsuhashi
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The photographs, where they live

In Place

Before there was a website, the artist carried his framed prints around his house on the hill above Sagami Bay — onto the deck, the stairs, the living room — to see how they lived with light. These are his own photographs from 2008 and 2009. Below them, the new test prints, photographed in 2026.

The artist's own staging, 2008–2009

A framed print on the garden deck
A framed print on the garden deck
A framed monochrome print on the terrace
A framed monochrome print on the terrace
A framed print on the outside stairs
A framed print on the outside stairs
A framed print in the living room
A framed print in the living room
Two anemones, framed, on the floor of the studio
Two anemones, framed, on the floor of the studio

The new editions, 2026

Three framed prints on a walnut table in front of a rain-washed garden windowTwo prints hung gallery-style on wiresTwo framed prints against a brick wallFramed prints leaning against a brick wallWhen the Flower Bows, framed, at blue hourWhen the Flower Bows, framed against brickThe A2 print held up over Sagami Bay at duskThe print flat on walnut, unframedThe Source of Life held up over the bay at sunsetThe Source of Life framed against a brick wallThe Source of Life hung beside When the Flower BowsLeaning Together, test print on the lab deskPrints wrapped for shippingLeaning Together and The Source of Life, packed

Archive — coming

A second body of work exists: photographs made in the United States fifty to sixty years ago, around the worlds of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Muhammad Ali. It is being catalogued and will be shown here.