“Nothing is more precious than time in life.”

It sounds obvious in common sense but to me it feels a mere magical wish of thought that everyone hold tight onto these days...

koton 2023 autumn / winter

Mr. Kamada who had been art directing koton clothing brand more than a decade with different team, had called upon me for shooting their 2023 A/W collection. At one meeting, I was given keywords from him. They were...

“Excellence of Materials and Graceful Lightness.”

In order to sublimate the keywords,
I first focused on my sensory surface and came up an idea to depict a kind of relationship between space and subject matter, or even time, by assembling fragmentary moments with the past.

Not the exaggeration, but the subtle characteristics of the materials that emerge through their relationships continued to fascinate me.
The natural light laying through the window this day felt different somehow.

Regardless of whether it's intentional or not, or whether it's conscious or not...

Our time had come to the end without even realizing it.

It was still a hot summer day, so hot that everyone wanted to avoid direct sunlight.