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创作者 DenizDowntown
创作者 DenizDowntown
When I moved to Okinawa to be with my then girlfriend everyone thought I was crazy. “Why leave the big city filled with opportunity and money to go live in the poorest prefecture in Japan?” I would often hear, and no less often from my parents. But my now wife’s widowed mom was getting too old and she was the only daughter. She had a responsibility she felt and so the decision was in a lot of ways already made for me. I just love her too much. I wasn’t sure how this major life change was going to work out but here I am, sitting amongst my wife’s high school friends, people who have now become my friends and feeling just….happy. Yeah life here is slow and I took a huge cut in salary to be here but if a slow life means cultivating real connections with people you can actually see and spend time with… can I put a price on that ? So here I am in the late hours of the evening, gathered with good friends, good conversation and the woman I love. Things turned out pretty well I’d say.
Anyone who has spent the most minimal time in this country will instantly appreciate how Japan is a land of stark contrasts. For every push into the future there are remnants of the past seemingly at every turn. Skyscrapers are being built next to shrines and fancy Michelin star restaurants are surrounded by vintage izakaya drinking pubs. Japan, as the worlds most ageing society, has always had its eyes on the future but its feet firmly planted in its nostalgic past.
This contrast leads to a wealth of photographic opportunity. And as a photographer with a keen interest in deep culture I wouldn't want to be photographing anywhere else!
There's a story attached to every photo I show here. Mostly fictional, but also mostly from my own experiences in Japan over the years. In this series my aim was to capture and edit in a way that portrays modern day Japan but in a style that gives it a time-honoured classic feel.
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创作者 DenizDowntown
创作者 DenizDowntown
When I moved to Okinawa to be with my then girlfriend everyone thought I was crazy. “Why leave the big city filled with opportunity and money to go live in the poorest prefecture in Japan?” I would often hear, and no less often from my parents. But my now wife’s widowed mom was getting too old and she was the only daughter. She had a responsibility she felt and so the decision was in a lot of ways already made for me. I just love her too much. I wasn’t sure how this major life change was going to work out but here I am, sitting amongst my wife’s high school friends, people who have now become my friends and feeling just….happy. Yeah life here is slow and I took a huge cut in salary to be here but if a slow life means cultivating real connections with people you can actually see and spend time with… can I put a price on that ? So here I am in the late hours of the evening, gathered with good friends, good conversation and the woman I love. Things turned out pretty well I’d say.
Anyone who has spent the most minimal time in this country will instantly appreciate how Japan is a land of stark contrasts. For every push into the future there are remnants of the past seemingly at every turn. Skyscrapers are being built next to shrines and fancy Michelin star restaurants are surrounded by vintage izakaya drinking pubs. Japan, as the worlds most ageing society, has always had its eyes on the future but its feet firmly planted in its nostalgic past.
This contrast leads to a wealth of photographic opportunity. And as a photographer with a keen interest in deep culture I wouldn't want to be photographing anywhere else!
There's a story attached to every photo I show here. Mostly fictional, but also mostly from my own experiences in Japan over the years. In this series my aim was to capture and edit in a way that portrays modern day Japan but in a style that gives it a time-honoured classic feel.
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