Their way of life is reflected in those photographs.

Even unconsciously, their thoughts, lifestyles, and circumstances project diverse life experiences.

Different times, different places, different subjects.

These are not meant to appeal to a wide audience, but rather are directed towards someone they can truly connect with.

Perhaps they are messages directed only at themselves.

Life is free. They exist on a journey to find their own focus.

Students, those just starting their careers, those who have studied abroad and returned, those who have come to Japan from overseas—
They all live diligently in their own free worlds, experiencing limitations along the way.

And each photograph has emotional space.

Beyond the truth of the moment captured by the photographer, there is emotional space for the viewer to imagine what lies beyond.

I hope that through that emotional space, you can see their lives as they are now within the photographs.

The self in the photograph.

The things visible in the photograph.

I hope this can be a place that connects them.

→Photographers’

001: Dai Tanaka
Born in Tokyo, based in Tokyo.
After graduating from university, worked for an advertising company. Spent several years in the United States when the company went bankrupt.
I take photographs to capture the subtle changes in everyday life.
2022 Gallery Conceal Shibuya Joint Exhibition "PEACEFUL"
The moment I entered SUT GALLERY, I felt a nostalgic feeling, like I was in a candy store.
Now that I'm an adult, I've captured in photographs the longings and fun things of that time, and the things that have become annoying.
Please enjoy them along with the calm atmosphere of the gallery.
@n_n_hiro
https://www.instagram.com/n_n_hiro/

002: Yukako Goto
Resides in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture.
Currently publishing the ZINE "home," a collection of photographs of landscapes in my hometown of Miyazaki.
You might wonder, "Why did she photograph these things?"

They're just ordinary things on an ordinary road. It's an ordinary scene you can find in any town.

But each and every one of them makes my heart flutter, and I find myself gazing at them in rapture.

The photos I've taken are a bundle of emotions.

@yukakokayon
https://www.instagram.com/yukakokayon/

003: Oosugi Mina
University student. Favorite weather is sunny. But I'm a rain magnet.

On pleasant days, there's a blue sky.

It would be even better if it stayed blue from the blue hour at dawn to the blue hour at dusk.

If you walk a little, you can see it through the gaps, reflected, stretching out in vast expanses...

It feels like we're enveloped in blue.

@ohsugimina_works
https://www.instagram.com/ohsugimina_works/

004: Minano
Kuwasawa Design Institute, Day Program
Currently studying Visual Design
I photographed my grandmother's house, a 60-year-old building affectionately known as "Grandma's House in Ochiai."
These photos were taken on a day when we cooked a meal together in the living room, bathed in the early summer sunset of May.
It's a nostalgic space that brings back childhood memories.
My favorite place is the cluttered yet well-organized and functional kitchen.
I hope these photos, imbued with the everyday life of each viewer, will resonate with their own memories and evoke some kind of feeling.

@minanonano_p
https://www.instagram.com/minanonano_p/

005: Maddie Boutry-Klingbeil
I just finished spending 6 of my life on a working holiday in Japan. They were the most influential and meaningful months that I’ve experienced so far. During this time, I tried to teach myself how to look at the world differently. We all take notice of others as we go about our lives, but typically you only notice something physical. Their hair, their clothes. We tend to focus more on the person simply being there than what they’re actually doing. So I started exploring Tokyo and beyond in search of people doing ordinary things in extraordinary months light. Now that I’m back in Canada, I can apply those lessons here. Whenever I’m out in the world, I take notice and smile at the couple snuggling on the bench, the children riding on their parents shoulders, and all the other little moments that might otherwise go unnoticed.
@madddie.bk
https://www.instagram.com/madddie.bk/