Nozomi Suzuki: Photographing the Invisible

Young photographer Nozomi Suzuki has long been fascinated by the memory of things. ‘I use the analogue technique to uncover and visualise hidden memories’, she explains to rin art association. ‘Photography is a catalyst that brings together the image and its support-medium; it’s a way of turning that image into a physical substance.’

Collected items as a foundation of her pictures

A graduate of intermedia art from Tokyo University of the Arts, Nozomi Suzuki likes using the keyhole on her door as a pinhole, a simple method of photography whereby an image is reproduced once light has passed through a small aperture. As the final part of the process, the artist collects window frames from buildings due to be demolished. And then the magic happens: behind a window frame that looks as if it’s on the verge of falling apart, an anonymous landscape is formed in black and white, intriguing in its blinding whiteness. It’s a strange, almost surreal way of printing memory.

The work of Nozomi Suzuki is on display on the rin art association’s website.