When we set out on a journey, we tend to take a lot of photos.
But strangely, the longer we stay in a place, the reasons we press the shutter seem to gradually change. Photography can become a reason to go somewhere far away, as well as an opportunity to look again at what is right beside us. Moving back and forth across that sense of distance, a new photograph is being born somewhere in the world today.
From the Journal
In the ISSUE from the final week of July, several articles explored the idea of meeting someone through photography and reaffirming the way we see the world.
An article by Shutter Hub described how activities with an affinity to cizucu are also thriving as a community across the sea. People who continue to pursue photography meet, support one another, and broaden each other’s perspectives. Through the story of Karen, the representative at its center, we can sense that photography is not limited to one person’s expression—it also has the power to create a place for someone to belong.
Perhaps traveling is not only about going somewhere far away. Meeting someone through photography and gradually broadening each other’s perspectives—that accumulation is also one of the journeys cizucu hopes to cherish.
Memory Note
Do you have someone’s photograph tucked inside your wallet?
This time, we would like to introduce Roger Huang’s photo post, “Twenty Years in a Wallet.” The Traditional Chinese term “皮夾” means “wallet” in Japanese. A passport-style photo of Roger’s mother when she was young had been kept in the wallet of his 小阿姨 (maternal aunt) for twenty years Roger had never known about.
This is a passport-style photo of my mother when she was young. During a time I was never part of, it quietly stayed in my 小阿姨’s wallet for twenty whole years.
Someone we thought was close suddenly appears as a memory from a distant day. If we do not try to hold on to an image, it can disappear in an instant. Sometimes, put your camera away and set out on a journey to search for a photograph.
From the single photograph protected inside a wallet, memories of family and a period of time you never knew may begin to emerge.
Domanda del mese
Is there a photograph you were able to take precisely because you looked at something for a long time?
Whether it is a photograph taken somewhere far away or one captured in a familiar place, either is fine.
Why did you take it?
Why has it remained?
Why do you still find yourself looking at it?
Try placing a few small words beside that one photograph.
See you again next month, when we will bring you a photograph born somewhere in the world and the small story surrounding it.
cizucu Editorial Team