Japanscapes - a polaroid experience

''Japanscapes" is more a narrative experience than a photographic project. It’s about a trip to Japan of course, my first trip to this beautiful and incredible country. During my childhood I lived many years in some Far East countries, but I had never been in Japan, so when I had the opportunity to travel some years ago, I wanted it to be more than an image collection, my aim was to represent the surprise of what I discovered place. I was interested on experiencing the contrast between the urban chaos and the absolute presence of traditional culture that I came across during the stay. I found this strong contamination between modern and traditional elements very fascinating. The choice of Polaroid cameras and films seemed to me the perfect medium to give both spontaneity and a pictorial touch to the images, so I conceived this work by composing it especially with image transfers and titled it ''Japanscapes, a polaroid experience''.