Nihon Tree, 2006
Ropeway Girl, 2005
Osorezan (a place to pray for dead babies), 2005
Osorezan, 2005
Hole in a Fence, 2006
Kakurenbo, 2008
149 School Girls on a Beach, 1999
4 Onlookers, 1999
69 School boys in a Park, 2006
Door to Nowhere, 2004
Coin Locker Reflection, 2001
Indoor Plant Dome, 2002
Angel of Incidence = Angel of Refraction (Asahi Building), 2002
Lunch with a View, 2004
Gulliver's Hands, 2007
PMS: Issey, 2006
Nihon
The series Nihon is a visual investigation of locations in Japan where - planned or unplanned - urban and landscapes meet and nature and culture entwine. As inhabitants I am interested in how we are shaped by and shape our environment and the physical and psychological rewards and ramifications of this bind. Public spaces, particularly parks, are a different kind of site in Japan where living quarters are restricted spatially. Amongst these spaces more personal and usually hidden pastimes are enacted. This body of work includes the choreographed portrait series PMS: where these heterotopian spaces are punctuated by figures that I have purposely directed to go about banal acts that hint at how our fears and desires are bound to nature. All of these situations are ambiguously recreated from events I have actually witnessed. The photographs presented here were made between 1999 - 2008 and are ongoing.