Maimouna Guerresi

マイムーナ・ゲレシ

Absence - isolation.

Residence

Resistance

Resiliency

Marrakesh

Macaal museum

New villas / Ville nouvelle

Ancient shadows / ombre anciennes

Mari Katayama

片山真理

Omar Victor Diop

オマー・ヴィクター・ディオプ

At the studio in Dakar, trying to use these weeks and months as an extra amount of time to prepare for the day we’ll meet again... soon. Staying safe and creative.

Elsa Leydier

エルサ・レディエ

This photo was taken early in the morning from the place I am spending my quarantine in Brazil. What you can see in the middle of the landscape is smoke. This is why I chose this picture to illustrate how I feel right now. I am so privileged to be surrounded by lush vegetation, and from my bubble, everything is OK so far. But you can see and feel the danger threatening far away. I am feeling scared and helpless for so many people, especially for the millions of Brazilian people who cannot even pretend to be isolated — because they are too poor — and who are made even more vulnerable as the government doesn't grasp the depth of the situation.

Atsushi Fukushima

福島あつし

Unfortunately, the situation has come to this, and it is with great regret that KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020 has been postponed. Under the present circumstances, perhaps there isn’t much that my photography can do to be of service to people. However, the time will surely come when we defeat the coronavirus. Even now, I will continue to work hard so that at that time, my work can serve as a motivating force in the lives of others. And besides creating artistic works, I have also become involved in farming. In times like these, let’s nourish our bodies with plenty of nutritious food so that we can beat this virus!!

Pierre-Elie de Pibrac

ピエール＝エリィ・ド・ピブラック

In this hard period, I would like to stay positive. It is really difficult because my feelings are up and down and I cannot work on my Japanese project. But it allowed me to have a blessed moment, in a usually very crowded place, this man playing shakuhachi. And thinking of this moment make me feel better.

Kai Fusayoshi

甲斐 扶佐義

All I can do now is hope for the end to this global crisis caused by the coronavirus. But how to turn this great misfortune into something positive? As a photographer, managing bars and tearooms has supported me financially. But from now on, the food service industry is expected to change drastically. What’s more, due to the recent transformation of civic life, my work in candid photography has become much more difficult as people disappear from the streets. On the other hand, there must be some opportunity to be found in all this. In the midst of the standstill in my daily life, I keep reflecting on my previous work. I have revisited my mindset at the time each photo was taken and have discovered unprecedented possibilities. I’m now deep in thought about how to develop these discoveries as new forms of expression.

April 18, 2020 71st birthday

Marie Liesse

マリー・リエス

I am confined in "la Sarthe", a western french countryside region, in a very old house that could easely hosts any kind of ghosts. It inspired me a little ghost story for kids, dressing up my 8 years old son Anton with a white sheet.
By definition ghosts are locked in time and space. He is wandering around from the attic to the cellar, doing exercises, looking for activities to escape, attracted by the outside world.
In one word he is trying to kill time!

Ryosuke Toyama

外山亮介

Recently, I am plowing the field in front of my house.
I notice the scent of the soil and the movement of insects. I can hear the call of the warbler from a distance.
I moved from Shinjuku, Tokyo to a mountainous area of ​​Kyoto last spring.
I have a glimpse of the simple world where humans "live". I'm still learning but I want to gradually increase what I can do without depending too much on the structure of society.
This is also a common theme in my photos. I make my own camera and film, and simplify the compositions.
Cutting out the extra elements and emphasizing only the important ones.
This is not only thinking back or reflection of the past, but also a perspective of my future outlook.
What is photography? How will we live in the future?
I spend days digging my thoughts growing deeper while piercing the hoe into the ground.
I hope that this coronavirus disaster will be contained soon and a new day will begin.

Marjan Teeuwen

マリアン・ティーウェン

My ninth architectural installation, "Destroyed House Kyoto", in collaboration with KYOTOGRAPHIE, is located in two traditional Japanese town houses (machiya) in the centre of Kyoto. A building as a sculpture. In my work the constructive force of building and the force of destruction and decline go hand in hand. To me, the polarity of construction – destruction, falling – standing, order – chaos is an essence of the human condition. A diabolic conflict.
I arrived in Kyoto in January. "Destroyed House Kyoto" has been completed now for about 90%.
It feels sad not being able to finish the project due to COVID-19 as I have to fly back home tonight.

Wing Shya

ウィン・シャ

CHILL