It was an accident that inspired me to start giving photography “back to the light.”

I had photographed with 4 x 5 film, which I put into a film holder after shooting, but then I was so careless to open the holder just a little bit. Knowing that the film had been briefly exposed to light, I decided to shoot the photo once again.

However once I had developed the film, I eventually chose to use the first one that was supposedly damaged. After that I began to work with roll film, and compose my photographs while constructively incorporating the incidental appearances of light as an additional “different dimension.”

This exhibition was put together as an experimental photo laboratory for myself and my attempts to extract the primordial possibilities of photography.

Using tools “incorrectly” or generally in ways that operation manuals and textbooks tell you to be “wrong” can be a lot of fun.

Don’t listen to what others say!

Tamotsu Kido 2018

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Opening on Saturday, September 15th, Hagiwara Projects is pleased announce the solo exhibition by Tamotsu Kido.

In this exhibition, Kido will return to the fact that the picture is an image that is drawn by light through accidental failure, and will exhibit photos of new works created from that consideration.

Also, we will hold a talk event, welcoming Mr. Takahiro Ito, a curator of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.