Fukuma umi

That's why I became an artist. When I was a student, I vaguely wanted to be an advertising photographer. However, I was frustrated because I was not good at working as a group, and I wondered if I could do it alone. And I realized that I could shoot landscapes (natural things) by myself, and it became my style.

I think the work is my own. It's philosophical, but I think experience is the reason I am. In other words, I have yesterday, so I have today. My work is my own because it is a work that expresses the experience I have seen and the experience I have been in it.

I like what I don't understand. Strange and overwhelming. I also like people who are hard to understand.

It is a portrait drawn by Giacometti. It was just a black lump written on paper, but it was very heavy, and there was certainly that person there.

This is Honda motorcycle PCX. I used to ride the same Honda Scoopy. Certainly, that motorcycle hasn't broken down at all and has helped me make it for ten years. But since switching to PCX a year ago, my range of action has clearly expanded and my fatigue has decreased. Production is really fun now.

I don't know if I'm shooting, retouching, or before I'm shooting, but it's when I get inspired. It's not always, but I've always been waiting. I'm doing a lot of my life, waiting for inspiration.

First is the appearance. If it looks bad, there is little inspiration. But it doesn't have to be beautiful or unbeautiful. I feel it or not. Only those with great inspiration will remain.

I became glued to my work. I want to forget the time and show it to someone right now. Wait a minute! Still, the details are not yet complete. No, it's all. Start over!!

I decided it was incomplete. My appearance changes in every environment and sentiment, so it's always paused.

It is prepared to throw away "good". It's very pleasant to get likes from people, but there is nothing really good there.

It is a lie or a truth. Isn't there a lie in my work? Are they all true? What does all really mean? Can my lie not be revealed? Is it a good lie or a lie that should not be revealed? If it's a good lie, it's a show, and the lie that can't be revealed is bad. It shouldn't be.

I think the one who likes my work is a lonely person. So I want to keep a good sense of distance, not too close or too far away from them.

Is the design field really evolving? I feel that design and planning are just being pursued without any fundamental desire. I think I have learned that it is degenerate.

Last exhibition was TokyoFrontLine#6 competition awards at G/P gallery Tokyo, Japan 2016. Next You can do it wherever you want me.

Memories of the past, knowledge, inspiration, encounters, health, and hunger. Past experiences tell me that I am lonely, and knowledge makes me realize that I am a flimsy person. The inspiration reminds me that I am still young, and the encounter tells me that I am incompetent. Being healthy is nothing but hunger makes me aware of the rest of my life. that is all.

I just want to look more strongly at what I see. Up until now, I have wanted many people to see my work. However, in reality, I could not see much. When I went to the gallery to show my work, I was rarely welcomed. So I decided not to show it anymore. If I didn't see it even if I showed it to people who didn't see it, I wanted to make it more visible only to those who would. As a result, the work became more internal and unique.

I live in the suburbs about 30 minutes by train from Tokyo, Japan. I have lived here since I was born. Up until recently, there was a field in front of the house in the hilly area. It is also a place where wild animals temporarily live in our house. My production mainly shoots the Japanese climate. In that respect, living here is an advantage. And in recent years, I've been shooting at a place where I can take a day trip by motorcycle from home. The reason is low budget. And one more thing, in the context of Japanese photography, shooting near a house has a big meaning, and I followed it. However, this meant that the work did not spread to me. That is a disadvantage. I would like to expand my range of activities in the future.

The image I can produce is narrow. Also, the less instructions you have, the better.

Go to the mountain pass by motorcycle with a camera and a little drink. Why go there? I found a tree suitable for shooting at that place before, and I flashed when I saw a map that I had only been able to reach before that time. For that reason there is no deep insight. Recently, I can only find one or two subjects a day. I'm very lucky to find four. Before shooting, I walk to observe the subject from various distances in order to find a sense of distance to the subject. Find the front of the subject. At this time, I usually hum about one of my favorite books. It's like a prayer to God. For shooting, change the aperture and shoot 3 or 4 shots. When the sun goes down and the focus is lost, shooting for the day ends. Returning home, check the focus of the deliverables, and retouch the gap between the deliverables and inspiration obtained from the subject before shooting. Search for the important essence of the subject in the process of approaching inspiration to some extent. We create a state where only the essence can be seen, and then retouch the photo to cut back and forth between the state where the detail can be seen. It takes tens of minutes at the earliest, and usually takes days to weeks to complete. Attempts to complete it while sometimes redoing or discarding everything.

Black bowl made by art college student, The object of the root of the tree picked up in the mountain, Handmade wide table,

I know that what can be said to everyone does not resonate with anyone.

I think a designer is a way of life, not a profession. So I think that I should continue to make it without worrying about success or failure.

Communication skills if you are a designer as a profession. If you are a designer as a way of life, think while moving your hands.

books "With Giacometti" Isaku Yanaihara, 1969 "Man’s Search For Meaning" Viktor Emil Frankl, 1946

i don't know, because I always keep going until it's over.

It takes 30 minutes at the earliest and 3 months or more at the longest.

I had a trip for a total of one month 10 years ago. For the first time, I traveled for production. And the production style hasn't changed since that time.

I like existential paintings. I have seen many art works since modern times, but I could see Monet and Giacometti for a long time. Monet had the experience that the image would be blurred if he approached. Giacometti is heavy on the picture anyway. Not a feeling of weight. Other painters, such as Picasso, were good at painting when they were young, but not so well after Cubism. Art after conceptual art is interesting in the sense that it makes you laugh, but that's it. There is no weight.

I am thinking of exhibiting outside of Japan. I hope I can find a good place somewhere.

Now I am shooting people, especially dancers. I also shoot as personal things and works.