Kaho Photobook: Otototoi

[Machine Translation] This magical collection of photographs captures Kaho's girlish sparkle and breath in a nostalgic, warm atmosphere. The photography is by Masumi Ishida. He is a self-taught photographer who has worked for magazines such as ( GINZA ) and ( POPEYE ), and in 2018, at the age of 19, he was selected as an advertising creative for ( Calorie Mate ), an exceptional achievement for a 23-year-old young spearhead of photography. (The word "day before yesterday" means the day before the day before yesterday, a phrase Ishida has used since he was a child. The title of his photo book is based on this innocent and nostalgic-sounding word. Ishida's creative photographic technique is centered on the accumulation of snapshots of everyday scenes. In this collection, Ishida followed Kaho's daily life through her eyes. Ishida's hand makes ordinary, everyday life sparkle like a fresh diamond in the rough. The filming took place over a period of two years. The distance between Ishida and her subject, Kaho, gradually grew closer. They went on trips and filmed her on a casual stroll. Finally, he even managed to capture her sleeping face, something Kaho was not even aware of. The photographs, taken at an exquisite distance as if they were breathing together, as if they were living in the same room, created unexpected scenes through the chemical reaction between the photographer and the subjects, and became one special photograph at that particular moment. What is reflected in the photographs is just Kaho, stripped of excess and projected as a purer being.

ノスタルジックな温もりある雰囲気の中に夏帆の少女のようなきらめきを、息づかいを写真に閉じ込めた、魔法のような写真集。撮影を担当するのは、石田真澄。独学で写真を学び、「GINZA」や「POPEYE」といった雑誌で活躍するほか、2018年には「カロリーメイト」の広告クリエイティブに当時19歳で抜擢されるなど、異例の実績を持つ現在23歳の若手写真家の急先鋒。「おとととい」とは、石田が子供の頃から使っている「一昨日の前の日」という意味の言葉。イノセントでどこかノスタルジックな響きのする言葉を写真集のタイトルに据えた。石田の写真の創作手法は、日常の光景を撮り続けたスナップショットを集積させるというものが中心。本写真集では、夏帆の日常を、石田の目を通して追い続けた。ごく普通の毎日が、石田の手によって瑞々しく、ダイヤの原石のようにキラキラ輝く。撮影は、2年間の時間をじっくりかけて。被写体・夏帆との距離がだんだんと近づいていく。旅行に行ったり、ふとした散歩の様子を撮影したり。ついには、夏帆も意識することができない、寝顔の様子をとらえるまでに。呼吸を合わせて、生活するように、空気のように絶妙の距離で撮影された写真は、撮り手と被写体の化学反応によって、思ってもないシーンを生み出し、そのときだけの特別な1枚1枚になっていった。映し出されるのは、余分なものをそぎ落とし、より純粋な存在として映し出される、ただの「夏帆」だ。