Ryusei no Shima
Naoki Ishikawa
(石川直樹) SUPER LABO completely different from what I

completely different from what I had become accustomed to in Japan

ここしばらくモノクロの写真展が続いたせいか、「カラーは撮らないんですか？」と質問されることが少なくない。実際は昔からモノクロと並行してカラーも撮影していて、特に90年代はカラー作品の方が多かったくらいだ。

Nepal and USA but many of them are autobiographical in nature

and crowded streets vividly return to my closed eyes

Ryusei no Shima<br />Naoki Ishikawa<br />(石川直樹) SUPER LABO completely different from what IThe Tokara Islands became the gateway to an island universe for me. The first time I saw a ceremony embodying the joy bringing spirit (Mare bi to) that comes from far across the sea was at Akusekishima in the Tokara Islands. That experience was a trigger for me to continue recording religious festivals which are strongly influenced by the view of life and death in the southern islands. Islands isolated geographically are divided by the sea. At the