Daido Moriyama on Compact Camera
Remembering Machi Neko
ALL IMAGES © maggot
Thanks to maggot who invited me, I have my first group exhibition of town cats (machi neko) 公開グループ展 『町猫』.
Yes, it’s all about cats, stray cats or town cats (machi neko) to be exact. Yes, it’s in Japan, in Osaka to be precise. No, I didn’t go there I just send the files. Yes, I was and still am very excited about this. You can see my photos on the last photo on the left wall.
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2007/10/30(火)〜11/11(日) 11/5(月)休廊
土日祝 13〜20時
平日 15〜22時
入場無料
gallery maggot
545-0011 大阪市阿倍野区昭和町1-2-4 初音ビル202
06-6628-5235 http://gallery.maggot-p.com
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[参加者]
武内正樹(EMTAKE) | カマウチヒデキ(Hideki Kamauchi) | MUZU | 寺田正春 | 楠山哲也(Tetsuya Blues) | ヒゲ | 林和恵 | 大崎テツアーノ | 大木一範(maggot) | Eric Setiawan [GUEST]
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武田花さんに『猫・陽のあたる場所』という写真集があります。
その序文に唐十郎が
「みな抱くことにある種の苦痛を感じさせる風態であることに気づきはしないか。抱かれることをむずがり、抱かれない哲学を胸に秘めた猫だから。」と書いています。
花さんの猫の写真は猫の写真であって猫の写真でない、などというと誤解をまねきかねないのですが、猫のいる町を、猫のフィルターを通して町を見、そしてもう一度、大好きな猫を、抱けないまでも「暗箱」に捕らえたい、そのような思いが伝わってきます。
メンバーのひとりがいみじくもボクに言いました。ボクは家に連れて帰りたいモノだけ撮るよって。彼の暗箱からどんな猫が飛び出しますやら。
Renai Shashin
Renai Shashin 恋愛写真 by Ai Otsuka
aoao to shita yozora no shita de 碧々とした 夜空の下で
anata ga miteta ushiro koi sugata あなたが見てた 後ろ恋姿tokiori miseru mujaki na negao 時折見せる 無邪気な寝顔
atashi ga miteta koishii sugata あたしが見てた 恋しい姿donna hitotoki mo subete どんなひとときもすべて
wasure nai you ni 忘れないように
muchuu de shattaa kiru atashi no kokoro wa 夢中でシャッター切るあたしの心は
setsunai shiawase daata 切ない幸せだったtada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada sore dake de yokatta noni ただそれだけでよかったのにame furu toki no kawashi ta kisu wa 雨降る時の 交わしたキスは
tsunaga re te yuku futari no sugata つながれてゆく 2人の姿isshou ni mou nai kono kimochi 一生にもうないこのキモチ
umaku ie nai kedo うまく言えないけど
anata ni deatte atashi no mainichi wa あなたに出会ってあたしの毎日は
kirakira to kagayai ta yo キラキラと輝いたよtada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
anata ga kure ta shiawase yo あなたがくれた幸せよtada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada kimi wo aishiteru 「ただ、君を愛してる」
tada sore dake de yokatta no ni ただそれだけでよかったのにchiisana heya ni kazara re te iru 小さな部屋に飾られている
futari no egao renai shashin 2人の笑顔 恋愛写真
Under the green night sky
You saw the back of loveSometimes you show your innocent sleeping face
And I saw your dear appearanceNo matter what
I can’t forget everything
In dreams, the shutter of my heart turns off
In painful blissHowever, I still love you
However, I still love you
However, I still love you
However I’m glad even if that’s all it isThe kiss we exchanged when it was raining
Ties the both of us togetherThis feeling will not last my entire life
I can’t explain it well, but
After meeting with you, every day of my life
Has shone brightlyHowever, I still love you
However, I still love you
However, I still love you
You gave me happinessHowever, I still love you
However, I still love you
However, I still love you
However I’m glad even if that’s all it isDecorating this tiny room
Are 2 smiling faces—a photo of love
∞
“You can find pictures anywhere. It’s simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what’s around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.”
— Elliott Erwitt
Hello world! Here we go again
After more than 4 years, I finally find myself back in the beginning. I can’t be happier than today! So, here comes tomorrow…
Guna Dwi Agusti
In October – November 2008 Illuminati, a local photography community in Bandung, held a free workshop with specific theme “Portraiture”. The workshop required each participant to pursue a personal project and develop a series, which is rare here in Bandung. During the month, a mentor will help them through with the concept they desire. Critics and routine evaluation of their progress lead to the final presentation project which they were asked to portray life in an orphanage and each have to choose different orphanage, meaning they should go alone and try to experience and to get the essence of life on each place in a limited time.
I think this is a good start in Bandung and will be useful especially for the young and emerging photographers. I’m looking forward for the next workshop.
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Portraiture” workshop)
© Guna Dwi Agusti, 2009.
In this series, Guna Dwi Agusti is documenting the simple daily life inside an orphanage. I saw the brooming duty, the togetherness of the children during meal time, and the lonely time of a child reading on his bed, probably the only private space he’s got because they share the room with some other kids.
∞
“I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not ‘photographing’, in order to keep the eye in practice.”
— Josef Koudelka
∞
“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
— Man Ray
∞
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
— Elliott Erwitt