Portraits
2009
Installation
2009
Installation
a. portraits [photo]
lambda print
163 x 260 , 197 x 297 , 260 x 260
284 x 284 , 284 x 396 , 297 x 163
289 x 379 , 277 x 297mm
b. Portrait [self portrait for the mirror]
mixed media
mirror , two-way mirror , light panel
1200 x 1535mm
photo : Taisuke Koyama
女の子が手鏡を見ている。けれど、その子が観ている鏡に映った姿は、僕には見ることがでない。
彼女が見ている彼女自身の姿はどんな顔なのだろう。彼女のポートレイトを写真に撮ろうとしたとき、その見れない像を映す鏡を撮影してみたいと思った。たくさんの人たちから手鏡を借りて、自分が映らないようにスキャニングしていく。スキャニングしたとき、そこに映ったのは真っ黒な景色と、鏡自身の姿だった。
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A girl is looking into a handheld mirror.
But I cannot see the reflection she sees in it.
What kind of face is she seeing when she looks at herself?
When I thought about taking her portrait, I realized that what I really wanted to capture was the mirror—the one showing an image I cannot see.
I began borrowing handheld mirrors from many people and scanning them, carefully making sure that my own reflection wouldn’t appear.What emerged on the scans was a pitch-black space and the mirror itself—not the image of a face, but the quiet presence of the mirror that had once held it.
A girl is looking into a handheld mirror.
But I cannot see the reflection she sees in it.
What kind of face is she seeing when she looks at herself?
When I thought about taking her portrait, I realized that what I really wanted to capture was the mirror—the one showing an image I cannot see.
I began borrowing handheld mirrors from many people and scanning them, carefully making sure that my own reflection wouldn’t appear.