私の作品は、記憶や時間、そして目には見えない感情を見つめることから生まれています。

写真家としての原点は、幼い頃に見た祖父の姿にあります。祖父は写真をこよなく愛し、その情熱から自ら写真館を建ててしまうほどの人でした。世界を旅しながら写真を撮り続け、祖父が大切そうにカメラを扱う姿に憧れ、気が付くと私も自然にカメラを手に取るようになっていました。

Parsons School of Designで写真を学び、その後The Center for Alternative Photographyでは19世紀の写真技法を研究しました。さらにSchool of Visual ArtsのPhotography Residency Programに参加し、多様な視点や表現方法を学びました。

また、UCLA Extensionでコンピューターミュージックを学び、Berklee College of Musicでは作曲を学びました。New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program(ITP)では、映像、音楽、テクノロジーを融合したインタラクティブ作品の制作にも取り組みました。こうした経験は、現在の写真表現にも大きな影響を与えています。

海外で暮らしていた頃、日本にいる家族への想いは常に心の中にありました。離れているからこそ、会えない時間の積み重なりは、私の作品の根底に流れています。

また、美しい庭園づくりを生涯の楽しみとしていた母方の祖父母との別れは、自然の中に宿る記憶や物語へと私の目を向けさせました。大切な人がいなくなった後も残り続ける風景や気配、人の心の中に静かに生き続ける記憶に強く惹かれるようになりました。

私が写したいのは、目の前にある風景そのものだけではありません。その場に流れる空気や静けさ、言葉にならない感情の気配、そして時間の痕跡です。

中判フィルム、35mmフィルム、白黒赤外線写真、古典写真技法などを用いながら、自然と静寂の中で出会う一期一会の光景を記録してきました。近年はデジタルを用いながら、過ぎ去る時間の美しさや、人の記憶の中に残る風景を探し続けています。

Selected Exhibitions

東京アメリカンクラブ(個展)
東美アートフェア 永善堂画廊(個展)
銀座靖山画廊(個展)
心斎橋大丸美術画廊(個展)

国立新美術館
東京都美術館
渋谷西武美術画廊
The Center for Fine Art Photography
Soho Photo Gallery

パリ、ドバイ、台北でのアートフェア参加
ユネスコ本部国際平和美術展(パリ)
シェーンブルン宮殿(ウィーン)

上野の森美術館「日本の美術展」柴山哲治賞受賞

My work is rooted in an exploration of memory, time, and the invisible emotions that shape our lives.

The origin of my photographic journey lies in my grandfather. He loved photography deeply—so much so that he built his own photography studio. Traveling throughout the world with his camera, he devoted his life to capturing moments through photography. As a child, I was fascinated by the way he carefully handled his camera, and before long, I found myself naturally drawn to photography as well.

I studied Photography at Parsons School of Design in New York and later explored nineteenth-century photographic processes at The Center for Alternative Photography. I also participated in the Photography Residency Program at the School of Visual Arts, where I broadened my artistic perspective and experimented with diverse forms of visual expression.

Beyond photography, I studied Computer Music at UCLA Extension and composition through the Professional Songwriting Certificate Program at Berklee College of Music. At New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), I created interactive works that combined image, sound, and technology. These interdisciplinary experiences continue to influence my photographic practice today.

While living abroad, thoughts of my family in Japan were never far from my mind. The experience of distance and the accumulation of time spent apart became an underlying theme in my work, shaping my awareness of memory, longing, and human connection.

The loss of my maternal grandparents, who devoted much of their lives to creating and caring for beautiful gardens, also profoundly influenced my artistic vision. Their passing led me to reflect on the memories and stories that reside within nature, and on the traces of human presence that remain long after people are gone. I became increasingly drawn to the quiet persistence of memory within landscapes and to the unseen narratives embedded in the natural world.

What I seek to capture is not simply the landscape before me, but the atmosphere that surrounds it—the silence, the passage of time, and the subtle emotions that cannot be expressed in words.

Using medium-format film, 35mm film, black-and-white infrared photography, and historical photographic processes, I have sought to record fleeting moments encountered in nature and stillness. In recent years, I have also embraced digital photography while continuing to explore the beauty of passing time and the landscapes that endure within human memory.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

• Tokyo American Club, Tokyo
• Tobi Art Fair / Eizendo Gallery, Tokyo
• Gallery Seizan, Ginza, Tokyo
• Daimaru Shinsaibashi Art Gallery, Osaka

Group Exhibitions

• The National Art Center, Tokyo
• Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
• Seibu Art Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo
• The Center for Fine Art Photography, USA
• Soho Photo Gallery, New York

International Exhibitions & Art Fairs

• Art Fairs in Paris, Dubai, and Taipei
• International Peace Art Exhibition, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
• Schönbrunn Palace Exhibition, Vienna

Awards

• Tetsuji Shibayama Award, Exhibition of Japanese Art, Ueno Royal Museum

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