Flower
Japan is blessed with an abundance of nature, and the Japanese people have always respected nature and coexisted with it with a unique view of nature that "humans are a part of nature. As expressed in the phrases "Kacho-fu-getsu" (flowers, birds, winds, and the moon) and "Yuki-getsu-hana" (snow, moon, and flowers), Japanese people have long loved seasonal flowers and have incorporated them into not only their art, but also their daily lives. For example, we decorate every corner of our houses with flowers or add flowers to our food. I mainly take pictures of flowers in nature, which are not "elegant" flowers, but have a beauty of "fragility," "elegance," and "apology.
日本はとても豊かな自然に恵まれていて、日本人は自然を敬い「人間は自然の一部である」という独自の自然観で共生してきました。そして「花鳥風月」や「雪月花」という言葉に込められているように古くから季節の花々を愛で、芸術は元より、生活の中にまで取り入れてきました。例えば家の隅々に花を飾ったり、料理に花を添えたりします。私は自然の中の花を主に撮っていますが、そこには「雅」な花ではなく「儚さ」や「風情」、「詫び」といった美しさがあります。