“Birth”
今まで私は自分に起きる出来事を写真として制作してきた。
これは、ここ一年の私に起きた出来事の記録である。
2024年5月11日。
1660グラムの低体重児で子供が生まれた。
私たちは正直なところ親になるとは思ってなかったしその覚悟もなかった。
生まれてきた赤子は私の両掌に収まる位の大きさで、ほんとに触ると壊れてしまいそうだった。
生まれてくるまでと生まれてからはずっと不安だったけど、世界の見え方は少し変わったように思う。きっと、前より些細なことが綺麗に見えるようになったのかもしれない。
僕は頭の中にオフコースの「言葉にできない」が流れるような写真は撮れないけど、
自分なりの写真で子供と言うものを理解していきたいと思う。
まだ不安は尽きないけど、生まれてきてくれてありがとう。
そして産んでくれてありがとう。
（紺田達也）
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金柑画廊は、2月15日（土）から3月9日（日）まで、紺田達也写真展“Birth”を開催いたします。
紺田はこれまで、私写真を軸に「写真をする」という行為を探求しながら、作品を制作してきました。ダッチワイフとのセルフポートレートや自身の性衝動、パートナーとの関係性を記録したシリーズ「I want your Love.」など、紺田が私写真に正面から向き合い、写真表現を模索し続ける姿勢がそこから浮かび上がってきます。
本展“Birth”では、紺田が父となり、子どもの誕生を迎えて変化していく自身と家族の様、時間や関係性などが写真に記録され写し出されていきます。このシリーズは、一枚と二枚組の写真作品で構成されており、写真が対となりそれぞれのイメージが並ぶことで、対比や類似、変容、不確かさが浮かび上がります。これらは、紺田が「写真をする」という行為を通じて模索する試みでもあります。私と公、日常と非日常の境界線は曖昧で、集団は個々の集合体でもあり、日常の積み重ねも非日常を行き来する。彼の写真を眺めていると、今という時間も、私たちの存在も、不確かで曖昧ながらも暖かくいとおしいのだと、なぜだか諦めにも似た受容の感情がよぎります。この機会にぜひご高覧ください。
（太田京子／金柑画廊）
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“Birth”
Until now, I have been creating photographs based on the things happening around me.
This is a record of the things that have happened to me over the past year.
May 11, 2024.
Our child was born at 1,660 grams, a low birth weight.
To be honest, we never thought we would become parents, nor were we prepared for it.
The baby, when he was born, was small enough to fit in the palms of my hands, and it really felt like he could break if I touched him.
I was anxious both before and after the birth, but I feel like the way I see the world has shifted slightly. Perhaps I’ve started to notice the beauty in the little things more than before.
I can't capture a photograph that would make you think of the song "I Cannot Put It Into Words" by Off Course, but I want to understand what it means to have a child through my own photography.
Although my anxieties are far from over, I’m grateful for your birth and thankful to her for bringing you into this world.
(Tatsuya Konda)
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Kinkan Gallery is pleased to present Tatsuya Konda’s solo exhibition “Birth,” which will run from February 15 to March 9.
Konda has created works centered on Shishashin (I-photography), exploring “the act of photographing.” His series, such as self-portraits with a sex doll, his own sexual impulses, and the documentation of his relationship with a partner in 'I want your Love,' reveal his deep engagement with Shishashin and his ongoing exploration of photographic expression.
In the exhibition "Birth," Konda reflects on his transformation into fatherhood and the changes within his family as they welcome the birth of their child. His photographs unfold themes such as shifting time and evolving relationships. This series consists of single-image works and diptychs, where the pairing of images brings out contrasts, similarities, transformations, and uncertainties. This approach reflects Konda’s ongoing endeavor to explore the possibilities within the act of “doing photography.” The boundary between the private and the public, as well as between the everyday and the extraordinary, is ambiguous. A group is a collection of individuals, and the accumulation of daily life crosses into the realm of the extraordinary. When looking at his photographs, one senses that both the present moment and our existence are uncertain and ambiguous, yet warm and endearing. It brings about a feeling of acceptance tinged with a sense of resignation. We hope you will take this opportunity to view the exhibition.
(Kyoko Ota, Kinkan Gallery)
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