Photographic Immersion in a Rural Japanese Town
©Yoshiki Hase
Over seven years, photographer Yoshiki Hase captured the residents of Ena, a little town in Japan. Featuring a documentary series and surrealist portraits, the ‘Ena’ series is an original work which won the LensCulture award in 2018.
Yoshiki Hase is an emerging talent whose work has already been exhibited in Tokyo, Taipei, Paris and New York. After discovering the town, nestled in the mountains, while shooting, he found out, quite by chance, that it was his father’s place of birth. Thus, he immediately formed an intense connection with the place. He returned there several times from 2010 to 2017 to take photos. Through a mischievous eye and a great deal of finesse, Yoshiki Hase offers a poetic, unexpected vision of the Japanese countryside, illustrated through portraits of its eccentric inhabitants.
©Yoshiki Hase
©Yoshiki Hase
©Yoshiki Hase
©Yoshiki Hase
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