Place M is at few minutes walk
from Shinjyuku-gyoemmae Station. This gallery is run by four photographers: Nobuhiko Ono, Masato Seto, Hiroyasu Nakai, and Daido Moriyama. They rent a
gallery and darkroom and host some exhibition and workshops. Each are open the whole the year so that everyone has a chance to see photographs.
Yoko Hara started photography 13 years
ago. One of her cousins is a photographer, but she didn’t have interest in
photos at first. One day she appreciated a photo of a waterfall in a forest and
she was moved. This is the reason why she started photography.
She has held an individual show only two
times and the first time was a small one in Osaka. Also she doesn’t have her
own website. Moreover she is not so particular about the types of camera, so that
she rents/borrows one from her friend! On weekdays, she takes models’
photographs and photographs such as perfume for fashion magazines. On Saturday
and Sunday, she takes bridal photos. So she lives a busy life.
There were 46 pictures there in total including the ones in her mini
gallery, and the sizes were all the same about 20cm×30cm. Mainly, the photographer took photographs
related to water and snow. Both of them gave us impressions of mystery and
transparency. Moreover she took photographs of the landscape itself and/or
random people in the landscape that were interesting as well. The photographer
sent us a message; “I like water because there is no muddiness. I like a shadow
because there is a light. I like the sounds of the town. I have a feeling of
getting myself watery. Days go on as anybody feels something”.
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