[About the Book]
A Journey Through Nature, Memory, and the Pursuit of Peace
The silhouette of a heron poised like a painting on a branch at sunset; a window where plant shadows ripple and drift across the sky; the fleeting beauty of a droplet falling onto flower petals floating on water; and the gaze of a paper crane, carrying with it a yearning for peace…
What do you feel when faced with the sensibility of Japanese aesthetics and the mysteries of nature?
This photo collection brings together 69 works in which the artist transforms inspiration drawn from familiar nature and everyday life into art, expressed through a unique vision and creative writing.

[Editor’s Note]
From dynamic close-up images of plants captured with striking use of light, to mystical landscapes of birds silhouetted against the setting sun, these works stir the viewer’s imagination and emotions. More than a celebration of beauty, this collection renews our sense of wonder at life itself and rekindles a quiet hope for peace.

[Profile]
Hirofumi Kawamura

Born in 1961 in Tokushima Prefecture. Graduated from Kawashima Municipal Elementary School (present name: Yoshinogawa Municipal Kawashima Elementary School), Kawashima Municipal Junior High School (present name: Yoshinogawa Municipal Kawashima Junior High School), Tokushima Municipal High School, and the University of Tsukuba. While in elementary school, he developed an interest in photography after getting a small camera, and began taking artistic photographs in 1995, and his work was selected for the Tokushima Prefectural Art Expo the same year. Since then, he has contributed to other public exhibitions, such as the Nihon Kogakukai and Tokyo Shashin Kenkyukai. While serving at the Tokushima College of Agriculture, he garners interest by capturing the dramatic moments hiding in everyday life through his unique perspective, his subjects including plants and inanimate objects in nature. Since 1999 he participates in overseas exhibitions, and received the Honorary Consul-General of Lyon Award. Since 2000 he was held solo exhibitions, and held his first overseas exhibition in 2016 in Paris, and he was held solo exhibitions in New York in 2018 and in London in 2019.