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 Light is always certain, revealing itself when it touches and mingles with objects. A lens captures its form and reproduces it. For sincerely expressing the beauty and wonder of the world before our eyes, there is no better medium than photography. This is why I decided to take photographs.

 In creating a piece of work, the stance I chose to take was to become translucent. To avoid contaminating my art with my own intent, I tried not to introduce any superfluous ideas. I believe this attitude was essential for giving originality to the pieces I created. At the same time, it gave me a feeling of deep pleasure which is indispensable for creating a work of art.

 As a part of the production process of shooting, developing and printing, I put my emotions and body to work at a brisk pace in order to bring my art into existence. At times I felt as though I had become like an engine giving out invisible heat, a truly special feeling.

 In recent years, however, what I have been experiencing is also the pleasure of singing a song of life with my photographs. Searing with passion at some times and diffused into the ether at others, I have found myself melting into the world in front of me. The more translucent I become, the more the sensation of existence sharpens and the outline of life grows more distinct. I am coming to understand this fact just a little.

 In this world filled with such tangible things, a photograph has the power to let us touch an object’s very existence and feel everything that it is composed of.

 

 光はいつも明らかで、事物と混じりあうことでその姿を現す。レンズはその様を捉え、再現する。目の前に何かが存在するという美しさ、その驚きを素直に表現するのに写真ほど適した方法はない。だから私は写真を撮ると決めた。

 制作にあたり、まず選んだ態度は自分自身が透明になるということだった。制作者の意図が作品を濁らせることのないように、できるだけ余分な考えを持ち込まないように心がけた。

 その態度は私が写真に撮ったもの、そして出来上がった作品を替えのきかない固有な存在にするために必要なことであったが、それは同時に制作に欠かせない快楽をもたらすものにもなった。

 撮影、現像、焼き付けという制作回路の一部として自分の感情や体をきびきびと働かせ、作品を生み出してゆく。それはまるで自分が透明な熱量を生み出すエンジンになったかのような大きな愉悦であった。

 しかしここ数年私が感じているのは、時に白熱し、時に減衰しながらも目の前にある存在と溶け合い、写真とともに生を歌い上げるその喜びだ。自分が透明になればなるほど存在の手触りが増し、生の輪郭が際立つ。そのことが少し分かりはじめてきたのかもしれない。

 どこまでも具体的な事物に満ちたこの世界において、何かが存在するということ、そしてそれを成り立たせているものに触れる力を、写真は持っている。

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