Your first photographic memory, the first emotion.
I was 3 years old, I wore a beige kimono with my sister. This is a photo taken by my grandfather. That day I applied myself to look like a cheerful kid, me who always had too serious an expression in the photos. I was thrilled with the result.
The photographer who sparked your passion.
Ed van der Elsken “Love on the Left Bank”
Your first photograph.
The first photograph I remember was at the university. I took a picture of a friend, and when I started to print it, I was surprised to see her as beautiful, as if it were someone else. I wanted to show her as soon as possible but I lost it during the trip. Had i dreamed
Your most beautiful photographic memory.
We went with my family to the temple for New Years Eve. I watched my old father walk in front of me and seeing his silhouette from behind, I realized that I had to remember this precious moment. There were stalls selling hot steaming sake drinks lit by lanterns lining the path. When I look at these photos, although my father is not there, I feel his presence as if his essence had printed the film.
The worst photographic memory.
There are many celebrations in Japan. At the age of 3, 5, 7, 20, 60, 70 years old … To immortalize these moments, we used to go to the photographer.
During my mother’s 60th birthday, we took a family photo, and it was on seeing the final photo that I noticed that my mother’s face had looked younger. We hadn’t asked the photographer, but the wrinkles had been erased, as if all of my mother’s years had been erased.
Manège Rochambeau
2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. closed Tuesday
