50cm

If one of the propositions of art is "not to reproduce what can be seen, but to make visible what cannot be seen," then "photography" is an appropriate medium to prove it. This is one of the important themes of my work. This work is a series of snapshots taken in Japan and abroad. I have a sense that there is something like an antenna about 50 cm behind my head. I take photographs by releasing the shutter when the antenna reacts to a scene that appears in front of me. The sign that the antenna receives is like a sense of discomfort at the edge of the field of view, and I do not know exactly what it is reacting to when I take the picture. However, in the finished photograph, I notice that the emotion and atmosphere of the place - the presence of the people who lived there, the history of the place, and the traces of time - are captured in the photograph. What was invisible at the moment of taking the photograph is linked to my own memories and experiences and made visible. Photographs are often thought of as merely reproducing what can be seen. However, I believe that photographs are artistic in the sense that through the life and experiences of each viewer, the invisible becomes visible in the photograph.