The young Japanese-born, Glasgow-based photographer Takeshi Suga told me in an interview for Dazed & Confused’s platform Satellite Voices, that music and cinema are his main sources of inspiration and so it seams natural that his first steps into photography were in the music scene of…
—Vincent Van Gogh
contribution by Takeshi Suga
Contribution by Takeshi Suga - Inspired by Japanese fables and aesthetics.
“In our culture, foxes are thought to be sly as in Europe but they’re also
seen as friendly and compassionate. I came across a few stories in which
humans are saved by foxes and was reminded of the different perceptions of foxes. I found this interesting and tried to incorporate it in the first two images.” says Takeshi.
In the other three images, the evanescence of ice cream is again visualised, a scent of nostalgia and longing for childhood.
Photo by Takeshi Suga
—Marc Chagall
Takeshi Suga
Kobe, February 2012
I used three analogue cameras, the Contax T3, the Contax Aria and the Diana Mini. If you go to my Flickr, you can see which camera I used for each photo.
Below is the list of the online publications that featured my work this year. There are 9 of them so far. You can read them by clicking on the links. Enjoy!
Milk WIth Tea +interview
Satellite Voices +interview
Cherry Blossom Slide by Takeshi Suga
T3 is my lucky camera #02.
