Silver Photography and Photo Manipulation Design · 2020
The Japanese Forest Photography
- A' Design Award 2020 Silver Winner in Photography and Photo Manipulation Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Sunpono
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 51,117
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About The Japanese Forest Photography
"The Japanese Forest" is taken from a Japanese religious perspective. One of the Japanese ancient religions is Animism. Animism is a belief that non-human creatures, still life (minerals, artifacts, etc.) and invisible things also have an intention. Photography is similar to this. Masaru Eguchi is shooting something that makes feeling in the subject. Trees, grass and minerals feel the will of life. And even artifacts such as dams that left in nature for a long time feel the will. Just as you see the untouched nature, the future will see the present scenery.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- "The Japanese Forest" is taken from a Japanese religious perspective.
In addition, the more it explores the unique perspectives of Japan, the more universal and true nature appears.
The nature in this work is the scenery seen by ancient people, modern people, and future people. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The camera used in "The Japanese Forest" is NIKON Df. Retouch uses Adobe CC.
- Tags
- Japan, Photo, Nature, Mountain, Forest, Tree, Green, Landscape, Sustainable, Ecology
- Production Technology
- The technology required for "The Japanese Forest" is digital retouching. Digital retouching has made it possible to achieve both nostalgia and newness. With this work, He was able to create colors that could not be achieved with film.
- Design Challenge
- The difficulty with this project is that forests are decreasing in Japan. Japanese forests were destroyed by economic growth in the 1960s. Replanted with fast-growing trees, Japanese forests have become similar.
- Project Duration
- The project was created between 2013 and 2015. And it was released on eguchimasaru.com.
- Operation Flow
- This work reminds the user of the view of nature stored in the gene. This work suggest a discussion about what is needed for the future art. This is the role of the work.
- Research
- Type of study: animism, eight million gods. Research purpose: To preserve the existing landscape in the future. Methodology: photography. Tools: Japanese classic books. Influence of design: The more unique the country landscape, the more universal the beauty.
- Inspiration
- One of the beginnings of Japanese religion is the "Yaoyorozu-no-kami". "Yaoyorozu-no-kami" is the belief that there is a god in all things in nature, and it is introduced in foreign countries as "Animism" or "Shinto". Shooting is similar to "Animism". Trees, minerals, and dead grass feel the will of life, and even if an artifact like a dam is left in nature for a long time, it will feel the will of life. Just as we see untouched nature, the future people see the current scenery.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Masaru Eguchi, The Japanese Forest, 2013-2020. Image #2: Photographer Masaru Eguchi, The Japanese Forest, 2013-2020. Image #3: Photographer Masaru Eguchi, The Japanese Forest, 2013-2020. Image #4: Photographer Masaru Eguchi, The Japanese Forest, 2013-2020. Image #5: Photographer Masaru Eguchi, The Japanese Forest, 2013-2020.
- Patents
- Copyright: Masaru Eguchi
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Design Interview about The Japanese Forest Photography
The first thing is the impulse to make something I've never seen before. Because even if there are similar looking and thinking pieces, they're never exactly the same. When I come up with something I've never seen before, I want to make it, and I do. Simple, right?
What I wanted to express in this work is a natural landscape of the distant past, but also of the distant future. I wanted to share a view that people in the past and the future might have seen.
I don't have any plans. I've wanted to exhibit somewhere and make a collection of my work, but I don't want to do it unless I have an investor. I don't have much money.
I'm sure it didn't take that long. In this case, however, it was different than usual, as I was looking at the first few pictures that were finished, I think I had a concept and started making them right.
This work was made just from my own inspiration.
This work is mine.
Because the works out there didn't satisfy me. That's what all of the work I create, whether commissioned or not, has in common.
Those people are already dead. It's the greats of history that inspire me. Oh, and I am also influenced by natural and social environment.
People around the world. Including those who are about to be born.
It's a mix of primitive religious views, Japanese cultural values and the latest technology.
That's because I was filming in Japan. If I had filmed in other countries, the name might have changed. In that case, I would have given it a more abstract name, but it wouldn't have come across.
Digital camera, Adobe CC, and PC.
That's the essence of it. There's a lot of superficial work in the world, but I like the essential work.
No. I created it on my own.
It's hard to say. This one is also technically normal at the moment.
Fortunately, I had read the classics and researched world religions when I was younger, so I was able to use that knowledge to my advantage. So for this one, the only new research I did was technical.
I can't help it, but when I photograph the universal nature, the pictures look alike. So the challenge is that the number of works is few.
I was contacted.
Observe, think, do, and improve repeatedly. This is something I do all the time. I'm more able to create strong work than I was before this one. That will continue to improve.
Thank you very much. I'm very pleased.