Letter from unknown
Client:
personal ( ongoing )
In this series of personal works, photographer Hiroya Hashimoto showcases the moments that he documented on his journey around the world and daily life to aim to convey a sense of being alive and state of existence to its viewers.
"He takes pictures in order to forget the moment. The act of remembering always comes after forgetting. And he has a feeling that he still exist and alive as soon as he sees the photography captured by himself or even strangers. He believes this is also true for others. By seeing a moment through a photograph, even if they never experienced it, the viewers can relive it. And afterwards, they find a faint sense of being alive left inside. The moment captured in the photograph surely exists somewhere in the world, therefore they share, from a broader perspective, the same time and space, and the viewer can see their own life in the life that dwells within the frame."
The glimpse of the unknown stories outside. The appreciation for heartbeats inside. This could be a part of his ongoing and challenging attempt to find the sweet spot between realistic documenting and artistic expression with intention of creating printed photo book in the future.
『見ず知らずの生を目のあたりにすることで、自らの生を顧みる』
このプロジェクトは、作者が昔とある写真集を目にした際に自身がかすかに感じた感情を彼の作品を通じて表現しようとする試みの一環である。
「彼はその瞬間を忘れるために写真を撮る。なぜなら人間の記憶力は儚いからだ。思い出すという行為は必ず忘却の後に訪れる。そしてその一瞬を思い出すと同時に、今も自分が生きているのだという実感が内側に生じる。これは第三者にも当てはまる。たとえ自分が体験したことがない瞬間でも写真を通してその瞬間を目にすることで、見た人はそれを追体験する。そしてその後にかすかな”生”とでもいうべきものを感じる。その写真に収められた一瞬は確かにこの世界のどこかに存在していて、広い視野で考えると同じ時間空間を共有していて、その中に宿る生命と自分の命を重ね合わせるのだ」