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Photograph by Osamu James Nakagawa, Tennessee #1 (from the "Eclipse" series, archival carbon-pigment print, 32: x 40", 2018). The image illustrates a later stage and body of work in Osamu James Nakagawa's career from the later 2010s: his socio-political, U.S.-focused "Eclipse" series (2018– ), which relate to his earlier "Drive-in Theater" works. Created in the wake of the 2016 American election, they feature dark gray-toned prints employing a unique printing process with exceptional sharpness and tonality that capture abandoned screens left empty, like blank, dystopian monuments in disorienting Midwest landscapes. This work and similar works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Osamu James Nakagawa. Copyright held by the artist.

Osamu James Nakagawa

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a later stage and body of work in Osamu James Nakagawa's career from the later 2010s, when he revisited the socio-political and historical focus of his early, U.S.-focused "Drive-In Theater" works to create the and "Eclipse" series (2018– ). He did so in the wake of the 2016 American election, producing dark gray-toned prints of abandoned screens (from old negatives and newly photographed scenes) that he left empty as blank, dystopian monuments in disorienting Midwest landscapes. Writers suggest that the images seem to merge night and day, positive and negative, present and future in contrast to the polarized, black-and-white political climate in which they were produced. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this later body of work and development in his career, which brought ongoing recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics in publications and books, and museum acquisitions. Nakagawa's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Osamu James Nakagawa, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.