Cinematic

Theatrical

Artistical

The first step in photography is

to hold your lens straight.

to point your camera toward the unusual corners.

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A Flower is not a Flower
Ryuichi Sakamoto

“A Flower is Not A Flower”

My work focuses on the fragile boundaries of emotion and how together they can assemble to build our perception and memory. Through combining the documentation of film and subjectivity of photography at the same time, I approach my photos in a visual yet geometric way. Thus, the form and the narrative of the photos, including this cinematic aspect ratio and the documentary lens angles, participate in a way of seeing that allows the photographer to encode and the audience to decode: The interactions and the unique interpretations become the truly precious part.

The pictures are followed by an emotional flow in a wired way, though they are very different. Looking at the black-and-white images, I see an emotional flow shaped by light, and all of them are displaying what the characters from the performance are spectating: The worlds they see are arranged comparatively and contrastingly, yet in a connected way; hazy nature feels like a dream, yet it remains highly contrasted. Compositions are macro, yet the places feel, indeed, more like a mental space than a physical one; the performance feels dramatic, exaggerated, fragile, isolated, unreal, and even surreal, yet they, as reflections of our lives, show a clear path.

  • The Night of Aurora
    A night of aurora under the dark sky, a single stray of headlight breaks the silence.

    Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
    Time: 2024.10.09

    Camera: SONY FX3

    Lens: 28mm F4.0

    Exposure: ISO 25600

    Shutter Speed: 1/4

  • Toward the Light
    In a room swallowed by darkness, a performer raises his hands, following the light before it disappears.

    Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
    Time: 2025.11.03

    Camera: SONY FX3

    Lens: 46mm F4.0

    Exposure: ISO 800

    Shutter Speed: 1/60

  • The Silent
    A field of mountains dissolves into snow and cloud, turning the landscape into a quiet, almost unreal surface.

    Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
    Time: 2026.3.31

    Camera: SONY FX3

    Lens: 49mm F4.5

    Exposure: ISO 800

    Shutter Speed: 1/8000

  • Ritual
    Bodies gather in the dark, moving as if the light has become a ritual.

    Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
    Time: 2025.11.03

    Camera: SONY FX3

    Lens: 28mm F4.0

    Exposure: ISO 12800

    Shutter Speed: 1/125

  • At the End of the Gallery
    A line of chandeliers pulls the corridor forward, until the palace seems to vanish into its own light.

    Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
    Time: 2026.3.29

    Camera: SONY FX3

    Lens: 28mm F4.0

    Exposure: ISO 800

    Shutter Speed: 1/30

  • Behind the Act
    One drifts into indifference; the other watches from behind the act.

    Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
    Time: 2025.11.03

    Camera: SONY FX3

    Lens: 48mm F4.0

    Exposure: ISO 12800

    Shutter Speed: 1/50

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“A Flower is Not A Flower”

The pictures are followed by an emotional flow in a wired way, though they are very different. Looking at the black-and-white images, I see an emotional flow shaped by light, and all of them are displaying what the characters from the performance are spectating: The worlds they see are arranged comparatively and contrastingly, yet in a connected way; hazy nature feels like a dream, yet it remains highly contrasted. Compositions are macro, yet the places feel, indeed, more like a mental space than a physical one; the performance felt dramatic, exaggerated, fragile, isolated, unreal, and even surreal, yet they, as reflections of our lives, show a clear path.

My work focuses on the fragile boundaries of emotion and how together they can assemble to build our perception and memory. Through combining the documentation of film and subjectivity of photography at the same time, I approach my photos in a visual yet geometric way. Thus, the form and the narrative of the photos, including this cinematic aspect ratio and the documentary lens angles, participate in a way of seeing that allows the photographer to encode and the audience to decode: The interactions and the unique interpretations become the truly precious part.

The Night of Aurora
A night of aurora under the dark sky, a single stray of headlight breaks the silence.

Information, Field & Printmaking Notes
Time: 2024.10.09

Camera: SONY FX3

Lens: 28mm F4.0

Exposure: ISO 25600

Shutter Speed: 1/4

A Flower is not a Flower
Ryuichi Sakamoto