Nobuo Iida - Symphony

Nobuo Iida
Symphony

Published by Cé éditions, 2022
Size: 21 × 29.5 cm
40 Pages
Softcover
Languages: English

The book Symphony presents 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 using 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 later, 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 earlier. By using the wrong lenses on his camera, he made the images brighter, revealing hidden particles of light, "and blended the plants and the light, integrating a mystical nostalgia and joy." He also often uses filters he created himself, but Iida never alters his photos or uses software to edit 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