Eyes and Skies
Chad Moore yamaguchi Some of these pictures from

Some of these pictures from the 1970’s are included as a way to illustrate my initial impulse to photograph still lifes

A slipcase specially designed for Herbie Yamaguchi’s 5 titles published by SUPER LABO

It was an exciting and important moment in my career as I was offered the chance of working with no interruption in a place that was new to me

どんな状況であってもふと見た光景に胸が高鳴ることがあります。それは街中で、車窓越しに、家庭の中で、講演会の最中にと様々な日常の中でふと現れます。その光景は自分の心をポジティブにさせる何かの力を持っていて、自分の心が共振し吸い寄せられます。しかし、こうした光景は次の瞬間に風に吹かれて消え去って二度と同じものは現れません。私の場合それらを撮り残すことで、被写体が発散しているポジティブな波動を写真上に蓄電し、やがてその写真が他の人の心に共振し、社会や人の心が少しでもポジティブになればと願います。

Turning on the large neon sign with hundreds of light bulbs forming the name "2nd New YOKOSUKA" became my routine every evening during the exhibition

Eyes and Skies<br />Chad Moore yamaguchi Some of these pictures fromI began making night sky and skycape images as I matured as an artist and no longer wanted to wait around for something to happen and felt the sky, or more so the universe had the same emotion as a human connection which also correlates to the eye portraits you can see the truth in a photograph by someones eyes, a layer of trust, but by making a macro image of someones eye without a setting or context creates an anonymity while at the same time a