I am Mag, a street photographer/Artist. Here is a brief profile.
Street photographer & artist searching for beauty hidden in everyday life, started his career in December 2021. Based on the technique of street snapshots, he takes photographs with the theme of moments where reality and fiction are ambiguously intermingled and where there is a blank space for the imagination. He is also challenging unconventional photographic expressions such as collaborations, secondary works, and abstract expressions based on photography.
Let me announce "Mount Fuji from Tokyo," a new NFT photographic work on Ordinals using Gamma's Prints.
Outline of the work
Mount Fuji from Shibuya, Tokyo at sunset. It is rare to see Mount Fuji about 100 km away from Tokyo. However, it was by chance that it was visible from the venue of the web3 art event in May 2023. The inorganic buildings of the metropolis and the majestic Mount Fuji standing with the gradation of clear dusk. It was a moment when the harmony of opposing elements. This work is also inspired by "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" by the Ukiyo-e artist "Hokusai Katsushika". It is formed on the basis of the concept of Ukiyo-e as prints and Gamma Prints.
The original work is also inscribe in rare sats, palindrome sats.
How the work was released on Ordinals
I am honored to announce that I have been selected as an artist for Gamma's Gamma Partner Program.
There were 60 applicants for the first term and 20 for the second term, and I heard that there were over 200 applications, so I am very happy that I was chosen out of all of them.
I will be releasing my first work under the Prints (Editions) offered by the Gamma Partner Program. Thank you very much!
About Prints
Prints is Gamma's solution to selling editions on Ordinals, a technology that allows you to inscribe (mint in NFT) a single original work and then reproduce and sell it at a low price using recurisive technology.
For more information on the concept of Prints, please visit Gamma's blog. I found it fascinating because it seems to be an extension of the technological development of printing from a historical point of view, and the realization of reproduction technology on the blockchain.
On treating the photograph itself as a work of art
I have experienced photo-based creations such as "Ordinal Tokyo Fragments" and "Recursive Tokyo Vintage 78" on Ordinals.
After a sort of hiatus from photography itself, I recently developed a collection on the Tezos chain called "Tokyo Condensation”, which focuses on photography itself.
The attraction I felt for photography itself, which I rediscovered there, was the moment of reality itself, which has not been artificially altered, the moment of transience, which will not return once it has passed away.
I felt again that I could express this feeling better on Ordinals, where the works themselves are placed on the chain, and decided to deal with the photographs themselves.
Thanks to Gamma's Prints technology, we have been given the opportunity to make our photographs widely known in the form of editions. Thank you very much.
About the photograph of the work
I had quite a hard time deciding what kind of photo to release for Prints, but this time I decided on a photo of Mount Fuji taken in Shibuya, Tokyo.
First of all, as mentioned in the overview, it is rare to see Mount Fuji about 100 km away from Tokyo. I found it fascinating to put that ephemeral moment on the on-chain.
I also happened to see Mount Fuji from the "Bright Moments Tokyo" web3 art event in May 2023, and wanted to put it on the on-chain, as I had photographed it on the day I was involved with web3.
Fuji on the web3 on-chain, and also because I felt that it would be a good fit for a photo that would be developed on the foundation of Gamma's Prints.
When I read the blog about the concept of Gamma's Prints, I was reminded of Ukiyo-e, a traditional Japanese print art form. I was also reminded of "Fugaku Sanjurokkei" (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai, an Ukiyo-e artist.
In addition, I chose this photograph because I felt it made sense to develop a photograph of Mount Fuji, as I also had inspiration and respect for the 36 Views of Mount Fuji.
This work is developed based on the respect for Ukiyo-e, which are prints, and the concept of Gamma's Prints, which was formed on the blockchain as an extension of the technological development of letterpress printing. I hope you enjoy it.
About List
The list is as follows.
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Date: Scheduled to be released on Tuesday, October 2
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Price: 40000 Sats (about 10 USD) + gas fee
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Print Number: 100
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Link: https://gamma.io/prints/46732ada7f8bb8cbacd4c87a9be18db46b0cb1997728482281da7ad4c08cdc45i0
Conclusion
Thanks to your support, I have been able to work on a variety of activities, including photography itself, photo-based creation, and multi-chain activities.
I would like to continue to produce future works. Thank you for your continued support!
Thank you for reading to the end! If you think this NOTE is good, I would appreciate it if you could spread the word by RT or liking it if you like! Please feel free to contact me again with any questions or concerns!
Appendix
For your reference, I will post a link to my past notes on my NFT activities. Please take a look at them if you are interested.