I pursue a practice centered on reconfiguring the perception of the subject, exploring the relationship between subjective cognition and photographic work.
Information obtained through vision is subjectively assigned meaning through cognition. Variations in this process significantly influence the evaluation of a photograph. Therefore, by intentionally assigning meanings that deviate from commonly shared human perception, it becomes possible to alter the conditions under which images are received. To this end, I attempt to move beyond anthropocentric modes of thought.
For instance, biodiversity in life can be understood as maintaining a range of responses to environmental change. It is not that particular traits were “selected,” but rather that multiple forms of existence persisted in parallel, enabling continuity. This shift in perspective marks a departure from anthropocentric thinking.
From this standpoint, when observing a subject, all things emerge as “imprints of underlying principles”—traces produced by fundamental physical laws. By photographing under this recognition, I enact a practice that reconfigures the perception of the subject.
- Biography -
Name:Kenji Masawaki
Base: Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan
Camera:PENTAX67Ⅱ,sonyα7Ⅱ,RICOH GRⅡ