Signed; Michael Kenna - Love In Black And White - 2009

Of British origin, photographer Michael Kenna and Brazilian-born author Bianca Rossini have worked together to create a book of photographs and poems entitled “Love in black and white”.

Printed on natural Japanese paper in a limited edition of 1,500 copies, this magnificent book comprises 45 original love poems by Bianca Rossini, accompanied by landscape photographs chosen by Michael Kenna, located in locations around the world from the photographs.
Michael Kenna has published more than thirty books and catalogs, and his photographs are in the permanent collections of museums such as the National Gallery, Washington, DC, the Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
In 2001, Kenna was made a Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. Bianca Rossini is a singer, songwriter and the author. Her next album Bossa Nova features her co-writing original songs with renowned American and Brazilian composers. As an actress, Bianca Rossini has acted in films with James Spader, Hector Elizondo, Richard Dreyfuss, Christian Slater, Dick Van Dyke and Dom DeLuise. “Love in black and white” is her third book.