Silver 2016 / Science / Other_SC (Non-Pro)

Introspective Time

  • Photographer
    Nob Kataoka
  • Prizes
    Silver in Science/Other

Men design, create, and alter cities. Face of a city, therefore, somewhat conforms to its creators' plans and intentions. However, if you visit business districts at unusual timings when they are not serving the intended functions, like on holidays, they show different faces. A short break of a busy city - free from weekdays' hustle and bustle. I see a soundless peace there. Just like we, the people, rest to recover from stress from work on weekends, the city should be resting and enjoying its introspective time. I am attracted to such a business district. I visit there to witness its another face. I try to express a tranquility of city life using a holiday business district as a motif.

life. Questioning reality removes my prejudice and puts myself in a neutral viewpoint. By trying so and taking photographs, I think I can redefine the "true" world. We tend to be buried in our daily lives, taking many things for granted, seeing nothing unusual, and not doubting what is out there. However, I believe, our world is made up of multilateral layers and there always exists another perspective and you can see it once you free yourself. It will be my life work to find such perspective through photography.