Nobuyoshi Hasegawa | プロフィール

I always disliked photography.
The cause lies in my childhood. My father lined the family up halfway through a family vacation and did not take pictures easily.
And there was always a lot of "go to the right, come to the front," etc., and the orders were too loud.The resulting photos were not flattering.
My own bad experiences had kept me away from photography itself, thinking that it was not interesting at all.
One day, when I was settling into my new job and working on a BS broadcast installation, I began to see on TV documentary footage of mountain photographer Yoshikazu Shirakawa filming the Antarctic Continent.
At first, I only saw it as "penguins are so cute". But as I watched the past photographic images of penguins photographed on various continents, I found myself becoming more and more moved.
I never thought that in this world such a picture (photo) , I didn't think it existed.
I was listening intently to Mr. Shirakawa's talk and watching it with rapt attention. His worldview of taking pictures with your life on the line completely overturned my childhood value system of photography as something uninteresting.
Although I was interested in chemistry and joined a company related to it, I had been living a somewhat "spaced-out" life, letting things happen as they came. This video is the first time I have clearly said, "I want to do this! I was convinced that this was a message to myself.
From that day on, I thought to myself, "I want to take pictures like this too! I bought a medium-format camera that I could not use and began to study photography on my own.
I also went into the snowy mountains, which I had never been to, and tried my best to pretend to be a photographer, but I had no experience, no knowledge, and no concept at all. There was no way that I could match Mr. Shirakawa's experience, knowledge, and concept.
The desire to get as close as possible led me to devote myself to viewing the work of various professional photographers in books. I was exposed to a variety of photographic worlds, and my own world of mind was expanded.
I had a strong desire to learn more about photography, but at the time, the only information I had was from books and magazines, and I spent many days buying and viewing photo books by artists I liked.
The studies I studied from the age of 18 were chemistry (science) related, so I had a personality that liked to get to the bottom of things. However, I was already an adult when I discovered the interest of photography." It was already too late! I thought, "I still want to start from the basics. I wanted to learn." My desire to learn grew day by day.
I wished and it came true, and with good timing, a correspondence course started at Osaka University of Arts in 2000, and I decided to join the course.
There were so many working people who wanted to learn that at that time there were 100 students enrolled in the photography department alone.
At first, the correspondence students were all very enthusiastic and excited, holding many social events, but as the years passed, one student left and another left, and the number of students gradually dwindled.
Although distance learning requires little or no attendance, students are given huge of report assignments to earn credits. This big barrier is a major reason why students are unable to continue.
The Internet was not widely available at that time, and I spent my days off researching at the library or buying and reading books. Therefore, my interest in photography was plagued by the painful task of earning credits.
I managed to hold on and make it to the graduation project, but at the time of 2005, there were "only five" students, including myself, scheduled to graduate in the second term.
The most important thing I learned during my time in school was to "build up my portfolio."
Photographers exhibit and present their photographs in exhibitions and photo collections with unremitting effort. These are a compilation of various single photographs, with a clear concept poured into them.
Photo contests are often single photo competitions, which are serious competitions for a single photo, while social networking sites allow multiple photos, but still feel like a place to showcase single photos.
I learned that the power of still images only shines through when they are combined into multiple images, and I feel that this has greatly helped me grow on my path to becoming a photographer.
I was hooked on Yoshikazu Shirakawa's images and set my sights on becoming a landscape photographer, but due to the nature of the area, I did not have the opportunity to take many photographs.
I had been exposed to the styles of many photographers before, and it was around this time that I began to realize how interesting snapshots could be. I thought that with snapshots, I could go out on the street and take pictures of all kinds of things.
One of my distance learning Professor once praised me for having an "interesting eye for watching Mr. Hasegawa," and I feel that continuing to take interesting photos that abound in the city is a good fit for me.
On the other hand, one person once told me that I was a "gentle photographer. People who view my work teach me a lot about my style, which I am unaware of.
Funny and kind. I would like to be such a photographer.
And in the near future, I want to become a professional who inspires people around the world by making my work known to them. I have such ambitions.