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In his seminal 1933 essay In Praise of Shadows, Junichirō Tanizaki reflects on aesthetics, illusion, and the quietly constructed beauty of shadow. His meditations on light and darkness offer a profound counterpoint to the hyperreal clarity that dominates much of modern image-making. 

The sun never knew how wonderful it was,” the architect Louis Kahn said, “until it fell on the wall of a building.

If light is scarce, then light is scarce; they immerse themselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.

- Junichirō Tanizaki, ¨In Praise of Shadows¨



Junichirō Tanizaki photographed by Shigeru Tamura