Silent Respiration of Forests (2005-2011)

In Japan 70 percent of the land is covered by mountains and forests. That possibly explains the intimate bond that he has with the landscape, Takeshi Shikama notes. The photographer has the sense that the woods are calling him in a telepathic manner – a feeling that he never had during the decades that he lived in the megalopolis of Tokyo. His work reflects this new and mysterious relation.