Shiho Yoshida, “Surveying｜Mountains”

As the Internet has become a familiar part of our daily lives, we are in contact with all kinds of “images” in our daily lives. Therefore, although it may be a matter of course, the “photograph” of a few decades ago is different from the “photograph” of today. Yoshida explores the possibilities of photography in the present in various ways. In this work, “Surveying｜Mountains,” he approaches the subject of mountains. Yoshida explored (surveyed) the mountains through a complex combination of photographic processes, including image searches on the Internet, research in a virtual space on Google Maps, and actual visits to the mountains to take photographs. Even the same mountain can be seen and perceived differently depending on the angle and method of approach. The aspect of the mountains that Yoshida presented in the exhibition also changed each time. Through the accumulation of many attempts, Yoshida formed “mountains. This book is a compilation of not only photographs collected or actually taken by Yoshida, but also photographs of the exhibition space. In addition, Hiroki Yamamoto, a cultural researcher, contributed to the book. This book questions the way we look at the world today and the nature of images.

Shiho Yoshida Born in Chiba, Japan in 1992. She graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Photography in 2014, and won the Grand Prix at “The 11th Photography 1_WALL” in 2014, was selected for “The 11th shiseido art egg” in 2017, and was a finalist at “Prix Pictet Japan Award 2017” in 2018. Major exhibitions include “Memories sink into the ground and cross the wind: Emerging Japanese Artists vol. 18” at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2021), “Azamino Photo Annual: Todorimieru Mono” at Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino (2021), “TOKAS-Emerging 2020” at Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo (2020); “Quarry / A Story of a Stone,” Yumiko Chiba Associates (2018); “Surveying｜Yama,” Yumiko Chiba Associates (2016).