shashin

i realise two things about photos.

1, they can capture the exact scene, the exactness of an exact place at an exact time. imagine a photo, an aerial view of a neighbourhood, maybe with snow on the roofs, because it snowed the day before.

snow in tokyo on 20 january 2006

a year later, you just need to look at the photo, and you will know what it was like, that day a year ago.

it is unique.

2, you can take photos of the same view, albeit at different times, different seasons. dawn, dusk, winter, summer, autumn, spring.

have you ever tried that? how would you feel?

i feel awed by it, because it is so simple, yet it captures so much.

the passing of time, the change in emotions, the mood, the everything.