MARI KATAYAMA - MOTHER RIVER HOMING (SIGNED)

MARI KATAYAMA
MOTHER RIVER HOMING

Published by Akio Nagasawa, 2021
Book size 23.8 x 17.8 cm
Hardcover
Pages 112
Limited edition of 900
Signed by the artist

This photobooks collects images from the trilogy series shadow puppet , bystander and on the way home .

A photograph is (as if I knew what I'm talking about…) something really strange I think. I don't believe a photograph because everything in it is a lie. The only thing that I believe is that there exists a certain “truth” between the subject and the photographer (or the person who sets up the camera). Different from the intimacy of the needles and brushes that are close to me, the “truth” is like the force of solitude that pushes two bodies away from each other so they can't become one, no matter how hard they embrace each other. So what exactly is that “truth”? A photographic film is developed, and the picture is printed or stored as digital data. It appears to me that there is a reason for every aspect of the process – the camera, time, processing, and sometimes the necessity to involve other people. The more of these things there are, the stronger the “truth” gets. ”We were certainly there” – this is what I feel, and I think this inspired me to photograph my friends and make them “bystanders” in the form of photographs and other objects in my work.
– Afterword by Mari Katayama

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A photograph is (as if I knew what I was talking about…) something really strange I find. I don’t believe in a photograph because everything in it is a lie. The only thing I believe in is that there is a certain “truth” between the subject and the photographer (or the person who set up the camera). Different from the intimacy of needles and brushes that are close to me, “truth” is like the force of loneliness that pushes two bodies apart so that they cannot become one, no matter how much they embrace. So what exactly is this “truth”? A photographic film is developed and the image is printed or stored as digital data. It seems to me that there is a reason for every aspect of the process – the camera, the time, the processing and sometimes the need to involve other people. The more of these things there are, the stronger the “truth” becomes. “We were definitely there” – that’s how I feel, and I think it inspired me to photograph my friends and make them “spectators” in the form of photographs and other objects in my work.
– Afterword by Mari Katayama