Keisuke Nagoshi, a photographer who has been photographing something out of place, will hold a new exhibition of photographs taken during a three-week stay with train riders (people who live on freight trains) in the United States in February of this year.
There have been many times in the past when Nagoshi'sI followed the footprints.HOUYHNHNM's, but this new one is very different.
As you can see, the film is not about getting close to the real faces of the freaks, as usual, but rather, as the freight train moves silently forward, they are confronted with themselves, and it is not the people, but the object to which they have turned their lenses.
Valentine's Day, 2022 . . a three-week, destination-less shoot that started in Bakersfield, California . For the first time in my life, I was so taken by the beautiful sights I could see through the cracks of a freight train that I was willing to die. Right next to the wheel, I heard the news that war had started. . amidst the roar of the train, I felt a strange stillness.
Freedom and inconvenience. In the midst of the chaos of the world's plague and war, I learned that all people are in the same situation.
I faced my own mind, asking myself the reality that I could not escape from wherever I was.
The freight train, which did not wait for me to look through the viewfinder of my camera, was like a picture running toward the past.
I have relied too much on the subject. I don't care about myself. For 25 years, I have been hoping to convey the charm of my subjects. I don't think that's a mistake.
The photographs in this exhibition are 180 degrees different. In a sense, they have no subject and no destination. They are works that were created by honestly facing my heart and soul while staring at the wheels of a freight train running at minus 20 degrees Celsius. I hope you will be able to experience these works from a variety of perspectives.
. We believe that each person's viewpoint and sensitivity is his or her own personal freedom.
Keisuke Nagoya
. Another photo exhibition will be held at the same time as the exhibition of this work, which can be said to be a new frontier.
Kiyohiko Shibukawa is an actor that photographer Keisuke Nagoshi has been photographing for the apparel brand "RADIALL" as visuals. Last year, he published a photo book entitled "ALL.
The exhibition, which will be held one year after the release of the book, will not use the photos as they are, but will instead take new photographs of photos that happened to overlap during the testing stage of color adjustments at the printing plant.
These two exhibits will showcase Nagoshi's sincere approach to photography, as he constantly seeks new ways to express himself.
ON THE LINE
Period: June 10, 2022 ( Fri ) - June 26, 2022 ( Sun )
Venue: DINER$ CLUB
Address: 1-5-2 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Open: 12:00-19:00
Duration: July 23, 2022 ( Sat ) - August 4( Thu )
Venue: IMA:ZINE
Address: 3-30-4 Nakatsu, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
ALL.
Period: June 10, 2022 ( Gold ) - June 24( Gold )
Venue: RADIALL HEADSHOP
Address: Zet JINGUMAE B1F, 3-30-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Open: 12:00 - 20:00
Opening Event: 2022.6.10 (From ) 18:00~21:00
DJ: Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Toshio Sasai(BLAST JAMS!!!)
MISAKI(ELECTRIC SERVICE ) , HIYAMAZAKI(RADIALL)
Keisuke Nagoya
Born in Nara, Japan in 1977 . Graduated from Osaka University of Arts , moved to the U.S. alone at the age of 19, living and photographing with squatters ( squatters ). . He then traveled around Asia and published a photo book "EXCUSE ME" in 2006. He has continued to photograph remote areas of the world and minority communities while living and sleeping with them, and has been awarded the "Shashin no Kai" prize for his photo collections "SMOKEY MOUNTAIN", "CHICANO", "BLUE FIRE", and "Familia Homi Danchi", his first domestic work, which won the "Shashin no Kai" prize in August 2019. He will release "Vagabond India Kumbhmera Saints' Ride" in August 2019 and his latest photo book "ALL." in April 2021.
