Heavens of light, planet of solitude

Sawa has been actively pursuing his passion for photography since 2018 ? he exhibited his ?Rapture? series at AL, Tokyo and published a photobook under the same title in the same year, while he also made a documentary on the Yoshida Dormitory in Kyoto University which may cease to exist in the near future. The photo series on the dormitory entitled ?Polish? was exhibited on the walls of Rissei Library, inside the former Rissei Elementary School in Kyoto.0This publication includes a variety of works including streetscapes of Tokyo, landscapes from around the world, portraits, architecture photographs, and abstract paintings-like images ? all types of works are completely different in character, as if they were taken by different photographers. Indeed, all of them were captured instinctively by Sawa, reacting to whenever he had a feeling of strangeness towards the subject. His images, whether real or imaginary, illuminate a glimpse of the past and future of each place. Sawa?s incisive perspective reveals a continuing present and reminds us of an alternate reality that may become our future. Like how Sawa saw the world through its ever-changing sceneries when he was a child, the moments and sceneries captured instinctively by Sawa may connect with the viewers? own memories from the past and trigger them to reflect on their feelings.