\u00ab\u00a0The book \u201cPATH IN BETWEEN\u201d is the visual record of the author\u2019s process of recovering memories with clues found on paths his father used to take and places his family used to visit. When he attempted to trace memories of his late father, Hajime Kimura realized that most of them were missing. Because of this, his photos were shot with a half-framed camera. Each image consists of two shots divided by a thick black border. The continuous sequence of the images seems to repeatedly suggest the photographer\u2019s impossible attempt at recovering a lost past. One can come close to faded memories, but cannot reconstruct them perfectly. Kimura almost reaches the essence of his father\u2019s true character\u2013\u2013 the man he barely tried to get to know when he was still alive\u2013\u2013 but never quite. A mythical father figure emerges through the vague silhouettes of memories that occasionally cross the page.<\/p>\n
When we see a diptych combining two completely different shots, we notice that large part of Kimura\u2019s memory is missing. And, because the nature of memory itself is always ambiguous, real memories have occasionally been replaced by desired ones. Time and action accumulate in the past. They turn into a congregation of recollections. Human beings therefore are living with an enormous amount of memories and repeat a process of accumulation all their lives. If a remembrance is used as a clue to recognize our past and our individual existence, then the partial or entire loss of memory is, in a sense, a missed opportunity to recognize who we are. Existence in itself is lost \u2013\u2013 our own and the one of the people we love.
\nKimura also produced another series depicting his late father titled \u201cMan and Dog.\u201d In the series the \u201cman\u201d is actually his father, but the fact that he did not use the word \u201cfather\u201d indicates his prolonged and distant emotions towards him. While his father was still alive, the photographer never took particular notice of the trivial conversations they exchanged with each other, he never closely examined his own view towards him. Ironically, his gaze towards his father became more distant when he became his photographic subject. However, as distant as his gaze might be, Kimura\u2019s observing eye became more intimate. In a way a simple rule seems to unfold: one has to be close to his photographic subjects, but having a strong feeling towards them doesn\u2019t necessarily constitute a successful photographic act. First of all photography is a medium that requires physical distance from a subject. A photographic image is created from this innate conflict, yet can also trigger exquisite emotions in a viewer. This effect is beautifully represented in this book.<\/p>\n
In the last two to three years, Kimura seems to have been obsessively creating these series about his father. In this book, the photographer\u2019s act of searching for memories through the act of taking pictures, emerges with a minimal and simple style. It seems as though he is trying to re-live with his father through his idealized and blurred memories, through a never-ending search for something that is almost invisible.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
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\nText: Yumi Goto<\/b>
\n2016<\/b><\/p>\n
\nSize\u00a0of the Box Set: 26 cm x 32.5 cm<\/p>\n
\nHardcover package<\/p>\n