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No.184 “Strain in the parallel”
Photography by Aki Takayama
Styling by Satomi Kageyama
Hair and Make up by Yuna Kondo
Model by Naoko Uesaki
Aki Takayama/Photographer
(Tokyo based)
「Challenge to the Extraordinary(非日常への挑戦)」
何もない真っ平らな場所でも、私たちは歪んだ空間といつも隣合わせで日々を生きているように思います。
Even in the middle of nowhere, we seems to be living in a distorted space all the time.
I feel that if we can see these wavelengths and desire to be ourselves even in these space, we can make the most of any space, instead of resigning ourselves to it when we are suddenly confronted with something out of balance.
The inspiration of this work was captured though fashion photography.
Aki Takayama: 大阪の専門学校でグラフィックデザインを専攻後、独学で写真を学ぶ。
現在は東京を拠点にファッション、ポートレート写真を軸に海外のファッション媒体への作品掲載に取り組みつつ、CDジャケットや雑誌などでカラーリスト、レタッチャーの仕事も務める。 www.instagram.com/aki_takayama/
A Tokyo-based photographer. After majoring graphic design at a technical college in Osaka, he studied himself photography.
He currently works on fashion and portrait photography for international fashion publication, and as a colorist and retoucher for CD jackets and magazines.