Kevin Westenberg

Tanto Tempo Gallery - Kobe, Japan 2012

Coordinator for Kevin Westenberg: Jacqueline Okuma

Kevin attracts the best-known stars thirsty for distinction and are confident that the results of their collaboration will match their expectations. Kevin is always able to highlight vivid features and conceal vague characteristics while maintaining an equilibrium between exaggeration and understatement. Kevin's photography focuses on the stories that faces tell. Each picture is a new challenge and Westenberg never repeats himself. The same subject will always look different without losing their distinct personality. This is Westenberg's exceptional talent.

Kevin says - simply and consistently - that, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and - he persists - that, "such perception of human beauty is merely another aspect of observing reality.”

While behind the camera Kevin thinks in black and white, and insists that if he didn't have to use color he probably would not. Therefore, his works of art have an exceptionally plain palette, a straightforward and minimalist technique, and a subtle visual language.

The popularity of photography has risen with the expansion of the music industry. As music reaches everyone, everywhere in the world, so does photography. Thus, music and photography combined together permit ordinary people to experience extremely vivid moments of fantasy. The blending of vocal energy with visual serenity - from a worldwide perspective – is another perfect tool for inter-cultural bridges. Music and photography are universal languages without borders.