Flower
Japan itself is just like a piece of flower flowing at the boundless Pacific, without root, without any certainty. From blossom to the end, life can be as short as a flower while it is threatened all the time by frequent earthquakes.
Japanese photographers are addicted to the fragile feature of flowers. And it is a normal case that they refer the pistill to female genitals.
Japanese photographers are addicted to the fragile feature of flowers. And it is a normal case that they refer the pistill to female genitals.
Uniform
When Japanese girls turn to 20, they will take off the high-school uniform and put on the most gorgeous Kimono to attend one tradition festival: Coming of Age.
"Coming of Age" is a watershed in women's life, before that, they belong to the uniform(innocent, young, fresh), after which, they start transforming into a real woman. Kimono is a very important path towards being both physically and psychologically mature.
"Coming of Age" is a watershed in women's life, before that, they belong to the uniform(innocent, young, fresh), after which, they start transforming into a real woman. Kimono is a very important path towards being both physically and psychologically mature.
Fish
Fishes have been an important part of Japanese people for thousands of years, not only serving as the main food in the daily life, but also consistently inspiring Japanese photographers to capture every movement and state of the living and dead fishes. Most fishes are soft and smooth, just like women's skin; it's difficult to hold and control a fish by hand, just like women's heart. Thus, the fish itself is a metaphor of female's body in Japanese photography.
Sea
There are only few lands to Japan, one may treat it like a enclave in Asia. However, the sea that surrounded this tiny island gives Japanese people unlimited imagination. They are so appreciate the existence of the sea that the 3rd Monday of July is named as "The day of Sea".
Here is the ambivalence in Japanese photography: they always want to go across the sea to explore the world outside while they still enjoy the isolated situation led by the sea.
Here is the ambivalence in Japanese photography: they always want to go across the sea to explore the world outside while they still enjoy the isolated situation led by the sea.
Sexuality
Sexuality consistently acts as a main theme in Japanese daily conversations. The porn magazines and movies are sold at every 24h convient shops in Japa. To some extent, sexuality is just as usual as drinks or snacks for Japanese, so that nobody needs to hide their curiosity and concern about it.
Japanese photographers have been trying every possible form to explore the nude bodies, while other metaphors may also be related to this themes, such as flowers and fishes which mentioned above.
Japanese photographers have been trying every possible form to explore the nude bodies, while other metaphors may also be related to this themes, such as flowers and fishes which mentioned above.
Salaryman
"Salaryman" refers to the Japanese white-collar businessman whose incomes are based on the monthly salary. Immediately following World War II, becoming a salaryman was viewed as a gateway to a stable, middle-class lifestyle.
Salarymen are still the core force of Japanese society, who built and obeyed the daily order, but they also shouldered the most stress, who have to bear the strict hierarchy in companies. So the photos of salaryman is always filled with depressed mood.
Salarymen are still the core force of Japanese society, who built and obeyed the daily order, but they also shouldered the most stress, who have to bear the strict hierarchy in companies. So the photos of salaryman is always filled with depressed mood.