an Emotional Object

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PHOTOGRAPHER 長野 柊太郎 SHUTARO NAGANO

1990: Born in Tokyo

2015: Graduated from the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art

“Something ambiguous, yet certainly there”
As the ripples shimmering on the water,
and keep changing dimly and vaguely,
I looked into a view finder,
feeling as if I could find it.
The light dancing upon the white skin was
somehow uncertain whether it is
beautiful or grotesque.
Capturing the moment from ambiguity
with my camera, It was an act to recognize again “something certainly there”.

ART DIRECTOR 藤本 政恭 MASAYASU FUJIMOTO

1972: Born in Hyogo

1995: Graduated from Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University; joined Hakuhodo

PRIZE :

  • Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. ADFEST. Spikes & Asia. Webby.
    TIAA. Asahi Advertising Award. Mainichi Advertisement Design Competition. Nikkei Advertising Awards.
    Kodansha Advertising Award. Yomiuri Print Advertising Award. Transit Advertising Awards, Grand Prix.
    Advertising Contest for Consumers. BtoB Advertising Awards.
    Newspaper Advertising Prize, Asahi Award. SADC Advertising Awards, Grand Prix, etc.

An object With yet Without form.
Thing & State of Being. Data & Emotion.
Individual & Group. Wall & Egg. Good or Evil?

From Youngling to Adult.
Life & Death. Dog & Cat. Aunt & Grasshopper.
North Wind & the Sun. Cook & Thief.

Beef or Fish? Art & Science.
Light & Dark. The visible. The invisible.

We tend to see things in terms of black and white. But humans are not so simple.
We can be both grotesque yet beautiful, uncertain yet comfortable.
At our first session, I had an initial meeting with our youngest cameraman, Shutaro Nagano,
at night, and we talked about this
for about 10 hours as we dined on
delicious meat and drank.
How do you feel when you look at these works?
I will leave it to you, as I respect the “ambiguities” of your imagination. :)

STAFF LIST

  • P: Shutaro Nagano
  • AD: Masayasu Fujimoto
  • Ret: Takumu Koshiba
  • Pr: Koji Togoe
  • HM: Kanzo Kawamura(Shibaraku)
  • Art: Satoshi Fukuda(Office Planar)
  • Cas: Nayoko Okawara(U&I)
  • Model: Simona M.

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