Seen: 遠く溢れる /I still can see (surely)
Who: 菊池真未 / Masami Kikuchi / instagram
Where: Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku
When: September 8 - 13, 2020 (12 - 7pm)
This exhibition is a sort of continuation of her previous 2014 show in theme and in some cases, subjects. The young women in these photos are people whom Kikuchi approached on the streets of Tokyo for portraits- encounters which grew into friendships-and what’s pictured are collaborative portraits of their relationships.
She shoots with a Mamiya 7 loaded with Provia film- and said tonight that this camera is an asset when approaching people- it’s so obviously out of the ordinary that people are intrigued.
Masami has also self-published and hand-made a zine of this series- it is available in the gallery (1500 yen) during the exhibition.
This is probably my favorite Totem Pole show of 2020. It’s too bad this is only a six day show! I’ll probably be going back for another look.