“Blindness”
I’m always thinking about recollection. It’s one of the things I’m interested in most. I’m searching for recollections input somewhere in me, other than the usual places. As an effective approach, I take photos. Photographs supply really interesting hints. At the same time, it brings out the power and notions of beauty that were dormant within me. Also, in order to share recollections with others, I supply hints within the works. How many hints I supply depends on my instinctual taste, so that’s where my ability comes - in it’s a very enjoyable part. In that sense, I was very happy that I was able to communicate successfully with this work.
Selecting judge: Nobuyoshi Araki
This melancholy, sleepy tone is excellent. I’ve fallen in love with this photo. Although the corny transcriptions bother me a bit. Straight photography lately means photos that haven’t been fixed up, but it really refers to photos where feelings are communicated straightforwardly. You can sense her expressiveness, her inner feelings, her DNA, right? That’s extremely straightforward, which is nice. It has the orthodox appeal of photography.
