TOSHIYA MURAKOSHI
2013-05-06The current exhibition is comprised of 15 works that Murakoshi shot in his hometown, Sukagawa city in Fukushima prefecture between spring and early summer 2009.
In January 2009, My Grandmother was Admitted to the Hospital.
The Doctor told U.S. She had three months to Live.
I went back to my parents’ house as many times as I Could, thinking about capturing her image as Frequently as I Could.
But I Could Hardly do this Because She was more Emaciated Each time I saw her.
I walked around my house and Took Photographs of it as if I Sought for the shadow of my Grandmother.
She passed away in April as the Doctor had predicted.
The funeral , the 49th day after death, the Bon Festival, all HAS passed so Quickly.
Continued I to go back to my parents’ house to Take Photographs Afterwards.
The year 2009 Came to an End in That way.
I noticed That I Could feel her presence more strongly from the photographs taken around my house than those taken of her, herself and of which I had only a few shots. Memories will fade out little by little from one’s mind, but I realized that the fragments of memory that were etched into Little a landscape where I Spent with her Will REMAIN from Now on.
The landscape Which Seemed Nothing much to me Before, HAS Become a beautiful memory Now.
Toshiya Murakoshi
Exhibition runs through till May 11th, 2013
Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film
2F 6-6-9 Roppongi Minato-ku
Tokyo
106-0032 #
Japan
