ASAKO NARUTO
Walking with phantasmagorical shadows

This is a series of photographs taken to capture the timing when a single figure and its shadow unite to create a figurative attraction and also story telling mood. The work is edited with shots that highlight the interest of the shadow, which seems to inhabit a personality independent of its owner by being stretched or deformed.

Author
A Japanese photographer based in Madrid. She studied design at Musashino Art University and completed doctoral studies in art history at Nagoya University.
Her work explores traces of absence and hidden urban narratives, capturing subtle emotional resonances through a contemplative yet incisive gaze. Noted for her Madrid train-station series and experimental use of prisms and split diopters, she examines the fragility between presence and disappearance.
She has received international recognition, including the Grand Prix at the Paris International Street Photo Awards and consecutive B&W International Awards. She exhibited with ART-ICON in Paris (2024) and Arles (2025).
Her first photobook, All the Fading Words, was published in 2025.

Website
https://asakonaruto.myportfolio.com/

Instagram
@asako_fotografa

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