NOBUO IIDA
Symphony
Published by Cé éditions, 2022
Book size: 21 × 29.5 cm
Pages 40
Softcover
Language English
The book Symphony showcases more than a decade of plant photographs taken by Nobuo Iida in Tokyo parks. Connecting with photography from a very young age with the desire to capture the phenomena happening around him, he started using his current style after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The overall feeling in Japan at that time was anxious and desperate and a few days after wanting to overturn this dark feeling, Iida went outside in a park and was struck by the light reflecting on plants, it was as “numerous 'suns' were shining like fireworks or candlesticks”.
To capture what he was witnessing, he started using a technique that he had encountered years before. By using the wrong lenses with his camera, he would make the pictures brighter, letting hidden particles of light appear “and melt the plants and the light, integrating mystical nostalgia and joy. » He also often uses self-made filters, but Iida never alters his pictures or uses software to modify them.
The resulting photographs are dazzling and bring us into a dreamlike world, the lines are blurred, the colors are mixed together and they are translating the beauty of nature and life.
Text from the publisher
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The book Symphony features over a decade of photographs of plants taken by Nobuo Iida in Tokyo's parks. Passionate about photography since he was young and eager to capture the phenomena around him, he began to use his current style after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The general feeling in Japan at that time was anxious and hopeless and a few days after wanting to reverse this gloomy feeling, Iida went out to a park and was struck by the light reflecting off the plants, it was as if "many 'suns' were shining like fireworks or candlesticks".
To capture what he saw, he began using a technique he had encountered years before. By using the wrong lenses on his camera, he would make the images brighter, revealing hidden particles of light "and blend the plants and the light, integrating a mystical nostalgia and joy." He also often uses filters he created himself, but Iida never edits his photos or uses software to modify them.
The resulting photographs are dazzling and take us into a dreamlike world, the lines are blurred, the colors are mixed and they translate the beauty of nature and life.
Editor's text