SAKURA
Gelatin silver prints, 2005–2010
Gelatin silver prints, 2005–2010
For centuries, the Japanese have revered the Sakura — not merely as a flower, but as a mirror of their own transience and renewal. Through these fragile blossoms, I see the collective memory of the Japanese spirit: a quiet interplay between time, light, and the impermanence of being.
To photograph Sakura is not to capture beauty, but to listen to the lingering voice of memory that resides within its stillness — an alignment of spirit, season, and silence.