Intersection, Tokyo, 2017
Year: 2018
Material/Technique: Photograph
Size: 76.2 × 111.8 cm
Edition: Unique
Signed:Not Included
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About the Work
- Year
- 2018
- Material/Technique
- Photograph
- Size
- 76.2 × 111.8 cm
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Not Included
- Frame
- Negotiations
- Work Certificate
- Not Set
- Distributor of artworks
- Masanaga Miyazato
- Ship-from Area
- Tokyo
- Days Until Dispatch
- Not Set
- Category
- Photograph
- Style
- Everyday
Work Details
Description
Everyday life in a city where chaos and order interweave. It questions the quiet brilliance of life and the universal laws that dwell within it.
My focus is on the scramble crossing in Tokyo.
It is a symbol of a modern city where countless people come and go and energy swirls.
I will “reconstruct” this familiar landscape in monochrome.
The abstract patterns of light and shadow transcend the reality in front of us and reflect the universal laws that lurk there.
The short shadows drawn by the vertical light at noon emphasize the existence of the moment.
The gaps and spaces where people flow while maintaining their own personal space are the individual independence that exists within a group and the laws of the city itself that surround us.
For me, photography isn't just about capturing reality.
It is an exploration that questions the essential beauty hidden in the depths of everyday life, and something universal about human existence, and speaks deeply to the emotions of viewers.
Through this work, I hope to discover the contrasts and invisible laws that exist in my everyday life.
Specification
Format: Platinum Print
Size: 44 x 30 in (111.8 x 76.2 cm)
Camera: Leica M Monochrom
Lens: APO-SUMMICRON-M 1:2 /50MM ASPH
Photographed: Tokyo, 2017
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Artist
Photographer
People pass by hundreds of times every day in front of a familiar landscape. I don't see anything there anymore.For me, photography is an exploration of reconstructing the contrast in front of me and questioning the essential beauty hidden in the depths of everyday life and the universality of human existence. Let's see the world.Photography is no longer a medium for recording reality. It is the very trace of recognition of how people thought about the world. Cutting out the colors from the city and capturing the shades of natural light and shadows are the same for me — I'm just receiving the light that was really right in front of me. It's not a record, it's not an expression. The “weight” that art harbors is the final proof that we are here.Reconstruct the structure of recognition.What I explore is the process of how photographs capture reality and how viewers reconstruct it. Moving away from the preconceived concept of everyday life and extracting the universal laws lurking there—that is my act of photography. People will never be able to see the same scenery the same way again. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the work, discuss collaborations, or invite an exhibition.Minium Inc. Digital Content Agency1990 - Born in Tokyo
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