My work deals with the influence of demographic, economic and spatial phenomena in Tokyo, Japan, such as aging and population subtraction and specifically vacant or abandoned houses (“Akiya” in Japanese). Now days in Tokyo there are 820,000 vacant houses and apartments due to different and diverse reasons, population subtraction, difficulty in keeping real estate properties value for a long time, competition with new building projects, change of trends and fashions, high inheritance taxes. More and more houses stay empty. The action itself of getting inside the houses, gives the project its meaning. The houses were probably used as a living space for a family. Getting into a private place that is no longer functioning in its original use gives the feeling of trespassing.
My photography is about personal space, living space and surroundings of mine and those around me. I deal with architecture, interiors, the way people choose to live both in my professional and personal work.
Observation, contemplation, as well as dealing with natural light are an integral part of my work.
The photographic action that I use derives from traditional, direct photography, using a tripod that requires a long observation of a place and attention to details and presence.
The combination of the subject and the work method have led my work to earn depth of color, shape and light, profoundly relates to values i want to express such as simplicity, delicacy and cleanness inside the image.
I pay attention to the movement of the sun and the flow of the wind.
