ARTIST

1978年東京都生まれ。東京工芸大学芸術学部写真学科卒業後、同大学大学院メディアアート専攻修了。蛇腹の付いた大盤フィルムカメラを利用し、独特の手法で風景をジオラマのように撮影する。現実の都市や自然の中にある人工物や人間までもがミニチュア化され、別世界に誘われたかのような不思議な感覚に陥る。2006年、写真集『small planet』で木村伊兵衛写真賞を受賞。以降、都市景観や人々の日常、自然風景を独特の視覚効果で捉え、現実と虚構の境界を探る。主な個展に、「（un）real utopia」（東京都写真美術館、2022）など。パブリックコレクションにメトロポリタン美術館、ヒューストン美術館、東京都写真美術館など。

Born in Tokyo in 1978. After graduating from the Department of Photography, Faculty of Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University, he completed a master’s degree in Media Art at the same university. Using a large-format film camera with bellows, he employs a distinctive technique to photograph landscapes as if they were dioramas. Urban spaces, nature, artificial structures, and even people in the real world are rendered miniature-like, evoking a mysterious sensation as though one has been led into another world.

In 2006, he received the Kimura Ihei Photography Award for his photobook small planet. Since then, he has continued to capture cityscapes, everyday life, and natural landscapes through unique visual effects, exploring the boundary between reality and fiction. Major solo exhibitions include “(un)real utopia” (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2022).
His works are held in public collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.

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ABIKO 2O25

《2025》

Running time: 12 min 25 sec

INAGE 2O2O

《2020》

Running time: 20 min 10 sec

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スモールガーデンは小学校の校庭を定点観測的に撮影したものです。
小さな箱庭のような場所が、子供達の行動によって様々な出来事が起こります。
ある鑑賞者には小さな子供たちの世界にノスタルジーや、思い出、感傷的な気持ちを与えるでしょう。

スモールガーデンは社会とは隔離されたある小さな理想郷のような場所に感じられます。
今回は千葉県稲毛小学校と千葉県我孫子第一小学校の校庭を舞台に、運動会という物語が繰り広げられています。
この作品は1枚1枚撮影した連続写真を編集して繋げた作品となっています。

Small Garden is a work created through fixed-point observation photography of elementary school playgrounds. These spaces, like small miniature gardens, become the stage for various events brought about by the children’s actions. For some viewers, the work may evoke nostalgia, memories, and sentimental feelings associated with the world of childhood. Small Garden can be perceived as a kind of small utopia, isolated from society.

In this project, the playgrounds of Inage Elementary School in Chiba Prefecture and Abiko Daiichi Elementary School in Chiba Prefecture serve as the setting, where the story of a sports day unfolds. This work is composed by editing and connecting a sequence of photographs taken one frame at a time.