岩橋優花『光の根』
 発行：赤々舎 Size： H210mm × W148mm Page：48 pages Binding：Saddle-stitched Published in April 2025 ISBN：978-4-86541-200-0 |
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About Book
まなざしは根をのばし、静かにイメージと記憶に触れてゆく
AKAAKA BIRD Vol.1
To The Light Of My Roots
Yuka Iwahashi
This series was inspired by production of two works.
This portrait series began several years ago in response to the pandemic. Amid the restrictions imposed during that time, I set up a non-woven fabric in a room and used a projector to cast images of people close to me-photographs I had taken in the past. The projected images, passing through the fabric, seemed to extend endlessly into the space around me. As I watched them fill the room, I found myself wondering: where does an image truly begin and end? As if to extract just a fragment of that expanse, I re-photographed the projections using black-and-white film, then print- ed them onto photographic paper through a photogram process in the darkroom. Through this intricate process, I traced the wavering lines between my gaze toward others and the shifting contours of memory within myself.
The other series focuses on photographing my family and the land we live on. After my father underwent eye surgery, part of his rehabilitation involved gazing into the distance every day. One day, as I watched him standing by the open kitchen door, looking outside, I suddenly felt as if his gaze stretched on endlessly. At the end of his gaze lay the familiar garden ─ an everyday part of our lives, yet also a place deeply tied to memories: the rhythms of family life, the scent of the earth, and the presence of my grandmother, who had passed away a few years earlier. Perhaps it was mere coincidence that the garden happened to be in his line of sight. But I came to believe that what my father saw was not "distance" in the physical sense, but rather something rooted deeper within our memories and inner landscapes. If that's the case, then my father's gaze toward the garden is akin to roots burrowing deep into the earth. And in time, just like the trees planted there by my grandfather, grandmother, and mother, his gaze will take deep root in the land. The path of these roots does not need to be bright; instead, it sharpens the senses as it deepens. When my roots seek to settle there, I close my eyes and draw the image toward me.
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Related Exhibitons
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岩橋 優花 個展「光の根」 会期：2025年4月11日（金）～5月18日（日） 時間：13:00～19:00 会場：PURPLE（京都市中京区式阿弥町122-1 3F） 月・火休み 韓国現代写真映像学会 特別企画 国際写真映像展 「Ghost Memory：失われた時間への旅」 会期：2025年5月22日（木） ～ 5月31日（土） 会場：Daedeok Culture Center 第 1 2 3展示室（대구광역시 남구 앞산순환로 478 / 大韓民国 大邱広域市 南区 アプサン循環路 478） |
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Artist Information
岩橋 優花 (Yuka Iwahashi)
Yuka Iwahashi
Born in 1997 in Wakayama, Japan.
She received her M.F.A. in Arts, specializing in Photography and Image-making, from Kyoto University of the Arts.
Her major group exhibitions include Meanwhile(La galerie Écho 119, France 2021), KUA ANNUAL : in Cm | Ghost, Labyrinth and Multiverse (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2022), Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award 2022 (Parc des Ateliers, Arles, France, 2022), Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2023 (The Museum of Kyoto, 2023), and 2024 Namgu Youth Arts Festival: New Horizons (Daedeok Culture Center, Daegu, Korea, 2024).
In 2025, her solo exhibition To The Light Of My Roots was presented at PURPLE (Kyoto) as KG+ program. The work was also featured in the international photography and media exhibition Ghost Memory: A Journey into Lost Time in Daegu, South Korea.
