TokisatoKamiya Photo Blog

  In his work, he make the scenes looks realistic by taking black-and-white photos of dioramas in a museum. When I first saw his work, I think he actually went to a cold place where civilization is not very developed and took the photos there. But after I research more, I found out that the photos was taken in a museum. This was very impressed for me and gave me many idea. I often create digital art by combining different photos. Until now, when I want to use animals, I only use photos of real, living animals that I took by myself. However, I realized that I can also take pictures of stuffed animals in museum and use them for my works. From this photo and the first photo, I noticed that in his work, even the small details are clearly shown. His sharp black-and-white photos give a very classic feeling. Also, the symmetrical composition make the photo look even more classical, so I think it is a very beautiful classic photograph. In this work, he creates the images by applying electr...

  I choose Ralph Gibson. The reason is his photography is close to the style I want to take, and he give me a lot of inspiration. Instead of take a picture of the whole body, I focus on only one part. By doing this, when people see the photo, they may wonder, “What is this photo?” and it can catches their attention. Also, I think take photos in black and white make the texture more clear and better. I thought about the beauty of curves in this photo. By placing them close together, I learned that both curves can be emphasized more, and I think this idea can also be used in the assignment of making a book. I also thought this photo would be interesting in black and white, but I think it is just as interesting with color. In this photo, because it is close-up, at first I dont know what it is, but after think a little, I can realize it is a picture of a horse. These photos can make people think not only about what is in the photo, but also the parts which is not shown. I think when pe...

       Many of his portrait photographs feature subjects whose gaze is not directed at the camera, and they often seem as if their soul has drifted away, giving a sense of emptiness or loss. In the photos above, due to differences in focal length, the images don’t appear sharply defined but instead convey a somewhat ambiguous, ethereal atmosphere.      The next photo is a landscape. There weren’t many landscape photos like this one, but the tones in this image are soft, evoking an early morning atmosphere. The color are beautiful, and I think  contrast between the reds and blues is very effective. I also like how the tree appear black, forming striking silhouettes. I found this photo very interesting because of composition, color, and technique. I think the photographer maybe used double exposure to take this photo. Or, maybe it was made in Photoshop by using mask and soft brush to make the ink a little transparent, so everything looks natural in ...

  He was a photographer born in Philadelphia who created many inventive works. He developed a method of making photographs directly with light, without using a camera, which he called “rayographs.” I saw these before at a MET exhibition. He created interesting images using springs and compasses. These were developed in 1922. In addition, some of his works express Surrealism in an analog way without any editing, which is also very inspiring. In the photo I attached above, he probably didn’t use real tears. He placed glass, beads, or jelly-like drops around the eyes to make it look like tears. The idea itself is simple, but I was really impressed by the imagination to come up with it. Nowadays, with advanced technology, if you want a photo to look like someone is crying, it’s easy to copy and add tears from other images. But I think photos like his, more analog and not relying on editing, are really interesting too. And this is the photo. When I saw it in class, I was really fascinat...

            She was a former architect and by experience in Japan, she get the concept called "wabi-sabi". It is to find beauty in imperfection and transience, it is a concept even Japanese people like me have. About her works, what I understood is she dry flowers and take out water and make petals thin to show delicateness. The thing I thought is ink is actually color she take from flowers. I want to put delicateness in my works too.      In this photo, she does not use pigment ink, but the delicateness of the petals is very emphasized. By putting the flower in water, I felt the light is hitting the flower more evenly. I thought that by using strong light from the back, I want to emphasize the delicateness of petals and the beauty of the vein pattern of leaves.      Putting flower in water or drying them is simple things, but I think it is important to try and challenge. Also, I learned that interesting way of taking phot...

            He is a photographer based in Los Angeles, and he is known for celebrity portraits. When he was studying in ArtCenter College of Design, he was found by Andy Warhol, and it help him start his career through work for "Interview" magazine. Later, he became one of the best photographers of the 1980s and worked for many major magazine. Also, he is known as a music video director for artists such as Madonna and Beyonce. In recent years, he has expanded his work to fine art, and in 2025 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from ArtCenter College of Design.      After thinking about this photo in my own way, I came up with two possible methods. The first method is double exposure: taking one photo of a face facing forward with a white background, and a second photo of a side profile with a hand, and then combining them. The second method is to cut paper into the shapes of a hand and a side profile, place it between the camera a...