Uptown Bound by Masayo Nishimura Feb 17 - Mar 2, 2025, Place M gallery, Tokyo

Uptown Bound  by Masayo Nishimura

February 17 - March 2, 2025

Place M gallery

1-2-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan

東京都新宿区新宿1-2-11 近代ビル3F,   Phone：03-3341-6107

Statement

1993年にニューヨーク市立ハンター・カレッジで写真の勉強を始めた時から、私は自

宅近くの地下鉄構内に織り出される光と影の存在に惹かれていました。特に天窓から差

し込む光が筋となって車体や線路に差し込む情景は、時として中世の教会や宗教画のよ

うにも見え、日常の風景の中で生み出される静謐な瞬間に私はいつも魅せられました。

「Uptown Bound」シリーズは、地上からの光線に照らされる構内の様々な情景をス

ローシャッターで捉えたものです。

Masayo Nishimura began studying photography in 1993 at Hunter College in

New York City. From the beginning, she was attracted to the lights and

shadows created by the subway stations, in which the roofs of cars and

tracks are bathed in sunlight from the street level, forming a unique shape of

shadows. She felt they looked serene and beautiful, often reminding her of

Medieval religious paintings. She always marveled at the effects produced by

this everyday environment. The Uptown Bound series of photographs were

initially shot in 1999 - 2000 at the stations on the Upper West Side. In this

work, she focused on capturing the utmost of these unique and fascinating

moments created in the subway architecture.