Store Gallery For November 2024: Haru sono Haru by Sachiko Kadoi

Artist Statement

Nemuro City, located in eastern Hokkaido - the northernmost part of Japan - is where the cherry blossoms bloom the latest in Japan. Beginning with the thaw in mid-March, Spring passes slowly. It is a region with a low altitude and flat high-rise marshes that cannot be seen anywhere else in Hokkaido. It is cool all year round, blessed with abundant nature, and is widely known as a landing site for many wild birds.

I photograph fragments of Nature that most people cannot see, such as dead grass that appears as the snow melts, and trees that decay in the wetlands. As I walk around Nemuro, I realize how small humans are, and I feel like I am constantly confronting the Cycle of Life.

“Nemuro Spring” can be said to be a requiem for what has passed away, and a record of the lives being nurtured.

It is a great pleasure to have a solo exhibition in this gallery. I hope everyone enjoys the photographs that I have been creating since 2011 in Nemuro, and my new photobook that was published this past summer.

Artist Bio

Born in Tokyo, 1963.

Career as a photographer started in 2004, with her first exhibition, “Sokei” at Place M in Tokyo. Has held solo exhibitions nearly every year, and has participated in several group exhibitions including “Taiwan Photo 2015” in Taipei.

“Spring” in Japanese is “Haru,” so this series is entitled “Haru sono Haru” (“Nemuro Spring”).

Some of these images were first shown at Akesato Ito Dairy Farm Restaurant in 2014, and intermittently in Hokkaido, Okayama, and Tokyo. In addition to Neuro, Sachiko also spends time photographing Izu Oshima Island and Hamaoka Sand Dunes.

Sachiko captured this work using a Nikon F5 and Mamiya 645 with Kodak T-Max 400.

Stop by the Store Gallery this November to see these images up close and in high quality.

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