“SAYONARA Real-World”
What is reality, anyway? The more real something is, the further it gets from reality. This may be a clichéd thing to say, but when I take photographs, and then look at them, this question always crosses my mind. Reality can described as an abyss. It is a bottomless lake whose depth makes us falter. But, it’s also pointless to think about things too deeply. Photographs always have the hidden potential to carry my half-formed thoughts more than ten billion light years away. So if there’s something I want to express, then that something transcends things like that.
I can only take photographs in a mechanical may, but I think that’s OK. My pictures could have been taken by anyone, so they evoke a four-dimensional depth of reality. I try to capture things that are on the other side of anonymity. Photographs walk alone, and hint at the possibility of linking up with all the memories in the world. I believe that this must be the answer to the question, “What can you do only with photographs?”
2005: Won an Honorable Mention in New Cosmos of Photography (selected by Daido Moriyama)
2005: Won a prize in the Color Imaging Contest
2006: Graduated with a degree in visual design from the Kobe Design University, School of Design Currently lives in Tokyo
Web site: http://toshifumitafuku.net/
Selecting judge: Bohnchang Koo
Although his photographs depict ordinary, everyday things, I think that he has a talent for capturing the moment and making it permanent. The things shown in the pictures might be things we often come across in real life, but when he puts them in a frame, they take on various expressions. For example, they become poetic, or come to seem unrealistic. The everyday world transforms into something with the power to really touch the viewer.
The level of perfection of the prints is high, and things like the composition of the book and the layout of each double-page spread are very good. His use of colors and their combination is very successful, and I was impressed by his keen eye.
The book contains plenty of photographs, and you feel a powerful energy as you flick through it. It presents the reality that we have become so used to seeing as something new and fresh.
