Wabi Sabi Photography About, Fine Art, Travel and Abstract Photography

"Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete
It is a beauty of things modest and humble
It is a beauty of things unconventional"

Leonard Koren

There is always a healthy debate as to what is and what is not Wabi-Sabi. I'm sure that there are plenty of people out there that would say that my photography is not Wabi-Sabi. When looking at individual images I think that some of images are and many are not. However the philosophy of Wabi-Sabi shapes my overall process of simply making images that strike me as beautiful wherever I happen to be. This has created a collection of images that can be described as eclectic and whimsical while being cultured and vibrant.

Bobby Wabi Sabi at Ground Zero, Hiroshima, Japan

Robert Rosenblum at Ground Zero in Hiroshima, Japan.

Like many people attracted to Wabi-Sabi, I first learned of it when reading Kazuko Okakura’s book “The Book of Tea”. The term Wabi-Sabi is never mentioned in the book but soon after reading it I found Leonard Koren’s book “Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers” and was able to put a name on the idea. I have long been attracted to the Japanese ideal of simplicity and have endeavored to incorporate it as much as possible into art and life in general.

Contact Robert Rosenblum at 818.887.6253 or wabisabi@earthlink.net

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