Something Was There: Photography and Presence in the Age of Generative Images
Yet photographers do not play with their plaything but against it.
HOW I LEARN - Daido Moriyama
Photography does not have to surpass the past every time. By continuing to press the shutter, the body and its emotions can turn ordinary life into evidence of survival—and lead us back from self-doubt into living.
HOW I LEARN - Robert Rauschenberg
When even discarded objects can become art, photography is no longer merely a record of reality on a particular medium. By refusing to repeat ourselves, everything in life can become a new possibility for expression.
Today’s Art — Reading Notes
Reading Taro Okamoto’s Today’s Art, this essay explores why art exists, what genuine innovation means, and why art belongs to everyone—not only trained artists and experts.
Not Here — Reading Notes on The Depth of Silence
Reading Mark Strand’s Hopper through Gas and Cape Cod Evening, this essay reflects on light, distance, solitude, and photography: What are we really photographing?
HOW I LEARN - Joel Meyerowitz
A photographic breakthrough comes not only from technique, but from how we see the world and approach life. When photographers learn to trust life, they become the true medium between reality and the image.
HOW I LEARN - Egon Schiele
A work does not have to be attractive, but it should have the power to remain unforgettable. Beauty may be found in what is rough, unfinished, and unsettling.
HOW I LEARN - The Humor of “Death by Selfie” by Martin Parr
A photograph can be imperfect and still be irreplaceable within a project.
HOW I LEARN - What “Last Call” Teaches Me About Projects
How do ordinary airport moments become a compelling photographic project? Through individual images, sequencing, color, and composition, this essay examines time, tension, and visual structure in Harry Gruyaert’s Last Call.
Interview with Tatsuo Suzuki
How does Tatsuo Suzuki see street photography, Tokyo, and the human face? He discusses Japanese photographic language, urban loneliness, leaving a stable career, VoidTokyo, and the need for photographers to offer new perspectives.