“Love Across the Glass”
Starting when I was a girl and seriously dreamt about falling in love with Hideki Saijo (Hideki!), I’ve looked for love, looked for boys, and spent my days wafting like a jellyfish. How promiscuous! The joy of being consumed with love. Although the object may change, it’s something I always need. I wish I could live for this forever. Basically, for the sake of connecting with the other person, if I could continue to have my five senses function fully, I think it would be a very wonderful life. That is what photographs are to me. My future plan and hope for the future must be passionate love, I guess!
Selecting judge: Nobuyoshi Araki
I like the fact that the photos aren’t too cold, like something that doesn’t involve you. The hot love felt through the camera comes across. I like that, love with the camera. The glass isn’t cracked yet, it’s not smoky with tears, and it’s not out of focus. A life with texture is emitted. It’s mainstream to show the strength of one piece for portraits, but with the flow of this many photos, and her presentation of the portrait together with other photos is nice. Looking at several of these, you start seeing the same face differently, that’s interesting. That’s why I squeezed in about 300 pieces in my completed work “Yoko.” Wow, I have to hand it to her. She is capable. I also like the slight decoloring. This type of coloring will document the end of the century.
