In an interview with Artnet News gallery artist Michael Kenna answers several questions about being awarded the decoration of Officier des Arts et des Lettres at Paris Photo by the French Minister of Culture in November, 2022. Kenna also announced the donation of his life archive to the French state, which is to be housed at the Mediatheque de Photographie et Patrimoine.
Per Kenna:
"The donation includes 3,683 original silver gelatin photographic prints of images made in 43 different countries, along with their accompanying negatives and scans, 175,000 other negatives accompanied by their corresponding contact sheets, 6,422 working prints from the years 1983 to 2000, 1,280 Polaroid prints, 87 books and monographs printed on my work, 200 prints of other photographers that I have purchased, traded or been gifted, and all the archives relating to my artistic activity for the past 50 years."
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French Canal, Study 1
Beach Walk, Cayeaux sur Mer, Picardy, France
Saint Michel d'Auguilhe, Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France