The Dreaming

One of Ogawa's most celebrated publications is The Dreaming' a collection of black and white photographs shot during his travels throughout Asia and Latin America over the past 30 years. Rather than focusing solely on the destination, Ogawa's black and white imagery creates an intimate poetic record of the emotions and sentiments that come with the act of traveling itself; the sense of freedom and adventure, the sweet boredom of a long train journey or the simple pleasure of feeling alive. In 'The Dreaming', he invites us to explore the hidden depths of our own psyche and connect with the natural world in a profound and meaningful way.

“My work is not about documenting the world. It is about looking for, and capturing emotions. I hope the viewer can feel some emotions too when watching my work.” – Yasuhiro Ogawa

About the artist: Yasuhiro Ogawa 小川康博

Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1968. He started photography in early twenties by the strong influence of Sebastian Salgado’s work. 

He has had many solo and group exhibitions including Futashika-na-Chizu at Kodak Photo Salon, Tokyo (1999), Slowly Down the River at Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokyo (2006), Winter Journey at Doozo Gallery, Rome (2013), Caascade at Sokyusha Gallery, Tokyo (2018) and Contes des iles et Paysages de la Mer du Japon at Inbetween Gallery, Paris (2018). 

He has published five photobooks such as Slowly Down the River (Creo, 2008), Shimagatari (Sokyusha, 2014), Cascade (Sokyusha, 2017), By the Sea (self-published, 2018) and The Dreaming (Sokyusha, 2020). He has won several awards such as the Taiyo Award for his first solo exhibition Futashika-na-Chizu (2000) and The photographic Society of Japan New Comer Award for his first book Slowly Down the River. He was a finalist at the Oskar Barnack Award (2006) and the Hayashi Tadahiko Award (2015).

He currently lives in Tokyo.

The Dreaming

「這書包含了86張黑白影像，這些影像選自我27年來的攝影和旅游生涯。當我在2018年滿50歲時，我決定重新審視到目前為止拍攝過的所有黑白底片。旅途中的每分每刻都可能只是夢境，一個夢寐以求的夢想，這就是我再次凝視舊檔案時的想法。或許這真的只是一場夢。」－小川康博

關於藝術家：
1968年生於日本神奈川縣。90年代初深受大師 Sebastião Salgado 的作品啟發而踏入攝影領域，目前作為自由攝影師並定居東京。他舉辦過多場個展和聯合展覽，出版了五本攝影集並曾獲得了多個獎項，包括他的第一個個人展覽《Futashika-na-Chizu》（1999年）獲第37屆太陽賞，以及第一本攝影集《Slowly Down the River》（2006年）獲得了日本攝影學會新人獎。