DALLAS, TX.- PDNB Gallery is featuring two artists that are new to the gallery, from Japan and Brazil. Both were discovered earlier this year at two international photography festivals. Fabio Del Re left an exceptional impression with Gallery Director, Burt Finger, during his visit to FestFoto Photography Festival in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Kazz Morishita's sublime imagery from his series, Moonlight Serenade, was found at the FotoFest Biennial in Houston. The resulting exhibition continues the gallery's pursuit of noteworthy international talent using the medium of photography.

Fabio Del Re (b. 1960, Porto Alegre, Brazil) studied at the New England School of Photography in Boston in the late 1980's. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Brazil. Recently, he was awarded a Fellowship with the FotoFest Biennial in Houston, Texas. His photographs will be featured in the International Discoveries VI show next year at the FotoFest headquarters in Houston.

Del Re's photographs from his Morandi series will be featured in PDNB's show. In 2012 there was an exhibition of Giorgio Morandi's (1890-1964, b. Bologna, Italy) paintings in Porto Alegre, which inspired the series. Del Re uses mostly analog methods to meticulously create still lives that pay homage to Morandi's skillful and transcendent paintings.

Kazz Morishita (b. 1951, Nagoya, Japan) is a curator and photographer that has exhibited his photographs in Japan, China, Europe and the United States.

Morishita's photographs from Moonlight Serenade have a very meditative aesthetic. He uses the moon as a philosophical reference, conveying the message that the moon is always the same, reflecting light on our lives that are constantly in flux. The moon is placed within serene landscapes that are very stylized, hyper-real.

These photographs are printed on beautiful handmade paper created by a 9th generation descendant from the Ichibei family, artisans considered a national treasure in Japan.