“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”
― Susan Sontag
On January 21st, 2017, prior to joining in a photo walk in Yamate, Yokohama, I had a chance to take a walk around JR Ishikawa-cho station. The area was one of those usual Japanese towns. A rusting train station, convenience stores, vending machines, passers-by with a glum look on their face. Photo walks allow me to capture each moment of this era. How people lived, what a town looked like, what people wore. I want my photographs not only capture the essence of the moment but also serve as a visual narrative of daily lives.
