"HUNGER" #443

 

About Hunger…

There was a green motorcycle that was left nearby. I bet it which was sold in the 1970s was left there for about five years without being moved covered in rust. I was captivated by the quaint landscape, so I took some photos. A few days later, the motorcycle disappeared from there. The city might have become cleaner, but I miss that landscape. The assortment of plastic and iron that was needed, produced, and then gradually not needed anymore by humans, kind of blended into the landscape. When I stop at the scene, the voice, like a roar, "It wasn't supposed to be this way.... ", grazes my ear. If I were to become a second witness of the samurai period by keeping that voice in my heart and after that I would deliver the finishing blow, I would be glad. I created the photo book using the abandoned motorcycle to capture a familiar moment. It is a photo collection of soul's requiem that documents the landscape created through human responsibility.

近所に放置された緑のバイクが一台あった。 1970年代に発売されたそのバイクは錆ながら、動くことなく5年程はそこに置かれていたと思う。 そのくたびれた風景にどこか惹かれ撮影した数日後、その場からバイクが無くなった。 街はきれいになったのだろうが、少し寂しかった。 人に必要とされ、生み出され、いつしか不要とされた鉄とプラスチックの集合体は、 鼓動を忘れて、風景とある意味で同化している。 その風景の内側で足を止めると、耳を掠る 『こんな筈じゃなかっただろ．．．』という叫び声。 その声を僕の中に残すことで介錯人となり、とどめが刺せたら幸いです。 放置バイクを媒介とし身近にある”刹那”を撮影したこの本は、 人の所業がつくる風景を記録した、鎮魂の写真集です。

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