• 2020/12/04Only One Exhibition 2020
• 2020/11/04Completed! Van Dyke Print 1 Day Lesson
• 2020/11/03Van Dyke Print – 1 Day Lesson!

View more

Classical Photograph

Modern trends in photography have moved away from optical-chemical film photographs towards digital images. The advantage to this is that the images can be captured easily and instantly and rather than as a memory or record, then stored safely on computer, with little need to print onto paper.
But before digital photography became the primary means of production, photography was a medium of imagination and excitement. The very uncertainty of the outcome - from the revealing of the latent image, to the printing - made the revelation exciting. Often, the finished print was not what the photographer had intended, but it was this uncertainty that led to the uniqueness of each image.

I wished to challenge the stereotype that developing and printing of photographs is a mechanical and reproducible means of production. I studied classical methods of photography at Osaka University of Arts, and I was overwhelmed upon encountering the method of producing photographs one by one, even using printing paper one had made oneself. My ongoing dream is to share with people my excitement at what I learned about these methods, now considered obsolete and in danger of extinction. But because my own work is an original process in its own right, Classical photograph has been registered as a trademark (Trademark Application # 2017-172889).
My research into many and varied aspects of classical photography and techniques is ongoing, and my aim is to devote myself to producing of unique and one-off photographs as well as endeavor to spread classical printing throughout the world.