These photographic shots were taken around Japan in the spring of 2019, in
a particular historical moment for the country: the handover between Emperor
Akihito and his son Naruhito, which marked the end of the Hensei period (arrived
at 31st year) and the beginning of the new era named “Reiwa”.
This name, which draws its origins from the oldest collection of Japanese poems,
literally means “Period of beautiful harmony” (from the two kanji that make up the
word “Rei 令” -beauty- and “Wa 和” -harmony-).
The collection was divided into three books, which are respectively: Basho 場所
(place), Hito 人 (person) and Jikoku 時刻 (moment).
Through this triptych I tried to divide the large amount of shots following a logic
that did not follow geographic itineraries or temporal sequences, but rather to
simplify the complexity of the tangible and recover the essential, which is made up
of people (or living beings in general), of places and moments.
