far away moment
This used to be my playground and my living space. More precisely, I lived in a neighborhood that is exactly like this. The buildings here in the pic were employees' housing of an auto company, which my father worked for. The house we had lived were torn down a long ago, and these will be broken down in the near future. (No one lives there any longer.)
When I found this site after walking around at random, my heart trembled, felt tightened but at the same time relieved. I felt like I found home. I felt secured.
This place is far away from where I am now but feels so close to me. And when I was standing so close I couldn't get in there. So I used this photo in my photo exhibition. This photo might be hard to understand; some people may wonder why I display this, which I totally understand. But some people felt (and told me) some kind of nostalgia , though they never lived in or even went to a place like that.
遠く隔たっても、思い出せばすぐそばにある。
そこで遊ぶことだってできる。
見つけてほっとした。ちゃんと帰り着くことができた。
でも、今、こんなに近くにあるのに、
隔てるのはこのフェンスだけなのに
この先には進めない。
あの中に詰まっている時間を眺めるだけ。
w/BessaFlex TM + C.Z. Flektogon 2.4/35; Tokyo, 2010