HAMADA Hideaki / 濱田英明

There is no view that no one has ever seen before any longer. However you still have “point of view” that no one has ever seen. No one should not be able to imitate it easily.

Someday the day will come when we will forget our loved ones, first their names, then faces, voices, even touch and warmth. But what will remain until the end is the smell. We would not be able to remember each other and will be nothing but smells.

Find 100 years later It doesn't matter if nobody see my photos now, only if someone can find them 100 years later. It is much more important for me that they will remain until then. https://note.com/hideakihamada/n/n4c7becb37075

The True Value of Photography If there are 10 people, the photos will be all different. Because each one should have their own individuality. And that comes from their way of life. We can show different perspectives through photography. Just as no one can rank our way of life, photography has no winning or losing. So we can appreciate and accept each other's existence and diversity without competing with anyone. That’s the true value of photography.

The Proof To The Future There are people who take someone's photos. There are people who have their photos taken. Photographs can only be taken by people who live in the same era as each other. So it's a miracle even if it's only one photo. Because it is proof to the future that we existed now, it's very important to keep photographs as long as possible.

The Sense of Distance The distance which you feel comfortable with the subject is actually too close. I always take one step back from it physically + mentally. This is how I take photography. It's just right when it's further away than you think it is, I mean, for the viewer. Perhaps this is not just photography but sometimes relationships too:) When you take a picture, you should keep a right distance from the subject if you love it. That's my way of thinking about the sense of distance.

If we don't have photography, can we still remember everything?

Photography Is Time. I already feel nostalgic for the present. I always think about such things when I take pictures. This is because a photograph always shows something that "It doesn't exist there anymore". It is similar to looking at the light of a faraway star that took many years to reach the earth. In other words, photography is an impulsive act of trying to capture the present that is ending, just like looking at the present as the past from the future.