The city where the light falls

This series of works explores the theme of different countries and cultures intersecting and weaving a common story across time and space.

Legendary connections are sometimes talked about between Japan and the ancient Arabs.

By synthesizing the landscapes of the two countries, we created a world as if these lands were part of a single story.

Technically, multiple exposure imaging of photographs is used. Different landscapes are layered over and over, and mask processing has also been partially used, but we aimed for visuals that can be naturally accepted as one new landscape.

In this series of works, I'm trying to visualize the fact that the world we live in is connected by invisible threads.

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Jerusalem is a sacred place where wars have been fought over and over again.

Warriors aren't the only ones on the attacking side, defending side, and front line of battle.

The people who live there are always hurt.

I pray that the light of salvation will fall on them.

Signed Museum print: 589 mm wide x 269 mm long

FM plate backed panel with clogs (thickness: 1 mm for the work part, 15 mm for the clog part)

Weight: Artwork approx. 550 g, boxed approx. 790 g

This is an actual work exhibited at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.

Limited Edition 1/10