Masako Tomiya is a photographer from the Aomori region in northern Japan.
Japan. She has been living in Tokyo for years, and one day she received the news
that his sister and sister-in-law, who live near his hometown, were all
two speakers. This news inspired Tomiya to create his Kito series, a reflection
on identity, family, transmission and the passing of time. \n \n"Kito"
means "return home" in Japanese. Inverted, "toki" takes a whole
another meaning: "time". In his poetic series, Tomiya plays with this double
meaning. His thoughtful photographic journey is accompanied by a subtle meditation
on nature and its seasonal transformation, as well as a representation
of human life through women. Tomiya stages self-portraits and
captures the daily life of his mother, sisters and newborns, in order
to explore how his sense of belonging has changed with the
time. \n \nI have lived my life asking myself \n"What am I? What is this
world?" \nFor a long time I wandered without an answer, and even before I found one
realize, I was older. \nHad time passed, or was it just
than a dream resembling a memory? \nThis story transcends time, the
meaning and the self \nby attacking the idea of "myself".
