KITO

First Edition
38 Photographs
80 Pages
Hardcover
22 X 27 Cm
French / English / Japanese
Photographs: Masako Tomiya
Essay: Masako Tomiya
Design: Bureau Kayser
Cover Artwork: Satsuki Shibuya

Masako Tomiya Is A Photographer Originally From The Region Of Aomori, North Japan. She Has Lived In Tokyo For Years, And One Day, She Received News That Her Sister And Sister-In-Law, Who Live Near Her Hometown, Were Both Pregnant. This News Inspired Tomiya’s Series Kito, A Reflection On Identity, Family, Transmission And The Passing Of Time.

“Kito” Means “Homeward” In Japanese. Inverted, “Toki” Takes On A Completely Different Meaning: “Time”. In Her Poetic Series, Tomiya Plays With This Dual Sense. Her Reflective Photographic Journey Is Undertaken With A Subtle Meditation On Nature, And Its Seasonal Transformation, Alongside A Representation Of Human Life Through Women. Tomiya Stages Self-Portraits And Captures The Daily Lives Of Her Mother, Sisters And New-Borns, To Explore How Her Sense Of Home Has Altered With Time.

I’ve Lived My Life Asking Myself
“What Am I? What Is This World?”
For A Long Time, I Wandered Without Answers, And Before I Knew It I Was Older.
Had Time Flown By, Or Was It All A Dream Resembling A Memory?
This Story Transcends Time And Meaning And Self
By Staring Down The Idea Of “Myself.”