Kota Ezawa: Lightboxes

Ezawa began using lightboxes with his series The History of Photography Remix and has returned to the glowing format in more recent series, harnessing its impact to highlight the singular power of each image.

Color image of an artwork depicting a large cruise ship traveling under the golden gate bridge as several onlookers watch on framed on a light box on a white wall
Wall-mounted lightbox showing a black-and-white rendering of a woman in front of a store while holding ice cream.
Color image of a color transparency on a light box depicting a Kodachrome color slide of a van driving down a road
Color image of a color transparency on a lightbox depicting a Polaroid land camera hung on a grey wall
Color image of a black and white transparency on a light box depicting Yosemite with mountains in the distance
Color image of a color transparency on a light box depicting a darkly framed abstract image of overlapping geometric shapes hung on a grey wall
Color image of a black and white transparency on a light box depicting two figures with pet monkeys in clothes walking through the park
Color image of a black and white transparency on a light box depicting the inside of an empty theatre
Color image of a black and white transparency on a light box depicting an exhibition of black and white photographs
Color image of a black and white transparency on a light box depicting the aftermath of an art heist with empty and destroyed frames on floor of gallery
Color image of a transparency in a light box depicting figures crossing a border framed in black
Color image of a color transparency on a light box depicting an aerial view of several homes that have flooded
Color image of a color transparency on a light box depicting a figure in a yellow dress with adornments of various shapes against a yellow background

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Color image of a watercolor depicting four figures during the national anthem

Kota Ezawa: Works on Paper