花见时分，想起了Lee Friedlander的樱花作品。他与日本樱花的邂逅始于1977年的春天，那时，整个日本被樱花覆盖着，这样的场景令他流连忘返。从那以后，Lee Friedlander每每去日本，总是与樱花不期而遇。于是诞生了Cherry Blossom Time in Japan系列。即便影像中只留有黑与白，但完美的拍摄角度，光影和景深的独特运用，展现出一种纯粹而悠远的禅意。
The legendary American photographer Lee Friedlander first went to Japan in 1977 and found the whole country ablaze with blossom. He went again in 1979, 1981 and 1984, always at cherry-blossom time. And he knew that, Japan was always abloom. Friedlander’s images are evocative of Japanese pen-and-ink scroll paintings. Tree branches become calligraphy strokes.
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德国摄影师Jochen Lempert的作品专注于自然和动物。在上世纪90年代从事摄影之前，他是一位生物学家。这样的双重身份造就了介于科学与艺术，理性与感性，真实与虚拟，抽象与具象的风格。
“他真正质疑了何谓摄影画面，虽以自然的事物为题材，但因为用粗糙的手法拍摄，于是让摄影画面裡产生某种虚拟现实的东西。此外，很重要的是“接近”（proximity）和“距离”的问题：你必须接近摄影画面，才能看出里面的状态。然后你必须再后退，来感受整幅影像的向度。（他的作品呈现了）介于抽象和具象之间的界线，以及质疑摄影画面作为某种在真实之外的自主性的存在（autonomous entity）。他的照片并不呈现真实，但创造它们自己的某种真实。”（via）
Jochen Lempert is a German photographer whose work is about the world of nature and animals. Lempert first studied as a biologist before turning to photography in the early 1990s. Accordingly, his pictures are marked with scientific aspects, not only referring to his motives but more to the whole process of photography.
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日本年轻摄影师中备受注目的Mayumi Hosokura（细仓真弓）今天于G/P gallery举行自己的首次个展。以欧洲为中心2011年荷兰现代摄影杂志《Foam》每年的新人特辑”Talent”中，日本人仅有细仓入选，并作为封面出版。同名摄影展在Foam画廊展出时便受到聚焦。今年9月在意大利罗马举行“FOTOGRAFIA”的展览，“Mizu no Oto”（水之声）成为代表日本人摄影师五人中的一员，并且于明年在伦敦出版摄影集的计划也提上日程。在京都出生，立命馆大学文学部，以及日本大学写真学科毕业的经历，给予她对周遭细腻观察的意识。以《kazan》（火山）为题，描绘当今年轻人纤细且强有力的日常感受，因自然流畅的表达与独特Eros所渲染出的自我色彩，而获得极高评价。本次展览同时发行她的第一本摄影集《Kazan》，也被誉为2010年代摄影界不可或缺的存在。（撰文_Will）
Showing at G/P gallery. Mayumi Hosokura is a young Japanese artist who has been warmly received in Europe, appearing on the covers of the Dutch contemporary photography publication Foam and showing her work at the Fotografia festival in Rome this September. This exhibition showcases new works from her “Kazan” (Volcano) series.
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知道Takashi Homma的名字是从他的那本拍摄女儿的《Tokyo and my Daughter》和日本当代城市图景《Tokyo》两本摄影集开始的，从拍摄自己最熟悉的生活、人和城市环境，来体现日本当代社会和文化。不久之前，他的新书《In Our Nature》出炉，他的视角也从家庭生活和城市转向了自然。即使拍自然的摄影师不乏其人，然而，不同的观看方式和角度，所展现出的不仅仅是异样的自然风貌，更是一面镜子，映射出摄影师本身的气息。
Takashi Homma has won a few awards for his work and has even published a few books previously, particularly one back in 2006 titled “Tokyo and my Daughter”. Really beautiful photography that not only showcased the culture in Tokyo but also the power of a father and daughter relationship. This book is called “In Our Nature” and in some ways is a bit different compared to his other works that all feature an urban environment of some sort. This photography is not linked to pure nature as such but to what we humans conceive as nature to be, making you feel like there is a sign of life somewhere in the distance. A step away from normality.
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James Henkel是一位极具玩心的艺术家，孩童般无边的想象力和“解决问题”的赤诚热情，促使他将身边的物件幻化成令人难以忘怀的感性之作。
“我总是一个人待在工作室里，那儿好像一间即兴剧场。我喜欢把玩身边的那些小东西，我会问自己，我为什么喜欢它？它究竟有什么特质？我带一些东西回工作室，一直留着。有时候它们真的只是待在工作室的一角，一待就是好几年，不过也有可能会被重新利用，直到成为某种隐喻和象征。我不断的观察它们，我喜欢有目的的把玩，因为我热爱解决问题。在这个过程中，我好像又变回了小孩子。我是家里的独子，成长路上有些孤独，却始终与想象力为伴。”
Artist James Henkel is an expert at play. With an imaginative spirit and a passion for problem solving, Henkel transforms every day objects, occurrences and scenes into quirky and eye-catching images. “All work alone. Very alone. It’s almost like improvisational theater. I find objects and just start to play. I ask myself : Why am I interested in this ? What are its qualities ? I see something, pick it up, take it to the studio… and keep it ; sometimes it sits in the studio for a couple years. It gets used or maybe it gets recycled. The objects become metaphors and symbols. I just continue to revisit things. It is play with purpose. There is a problem-solving element that I really enjoy. It’s like being a kid, I grew up an only child: the being alone part goes hand in hand with imagination.” - James Henkel
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日本摄影师Kazuhiko Washio出生于日本兵库县。年轻时玩儿音乐，1997年之后将转而拥抱摄影。在他的作品中，可以看到很多从大海中汲取养分与能量的快乐的人们。延续相似的题材，这辑“邻居”系列，他将镜头对准了自己所居住的神奈川县逗子市的海岸线。
Born in Hyogo, Japan. Changed the career from the music activity into the photograph activity in 1997. Live in Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan now. In his new project, he turns his eyes to his own neighborhood.
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绿色植物围绕的民居，经年累月沉淀的古董，充满生活气息的绿植装饰，把这些连结起来的人是东根康仁。“契机是源自做绿色咨询师的打工工作，当回首再审视时，才发现已经无法离身，随后独立，展开创作”这位绿色大叔如是说。从Gardening Gallery P・TWO开始，店铺的设计、施工到建言等多领域跨界发挥创意。随后将店更名“东根康仁景观调整事务所”，并从关西神户的芦屋转移到神奈川县的叶山，以关东为中心，辐射全日本。虽说是公司，却是生活漫溢的家庭氛围。以他独自的平衡感创作“美绿”，既用心感受的生活之美。钵盆的放置方式，泥土的搭配，植物的选择，树形的修葺，无不展现着他的思想，他手下的绿植与其说是作品，不如说是为生活增添的曼妙乐符。（撰文_Will）
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