MEGUMI OTSUKA
Labyrinth of Reflections

We all seem to think we can be at or near the same place with others if we want. However, we all have thoughts and secrets, which we can not tell anyone, and this makes us feel alone. In a sense, We are all surrounded by invisible walls. If we try to touch someone, the walls will block us, and if we try to get to know someone more, they will prevent it. It is as if we are in the same place, talking, touching, and observing, but living in parallel worlds respectively. We just keep pursuing the reflections on the glass while believing we are following someone or something. And one day we will abruptly realize that we are desperately lost in a labyrinth of such reflections.

Author
Megumi Otsuka is a Tokyo-based photographer. She was born and raised in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and moved to Tokyo in 2002. She started taking street photographs of the city of Tokyo with monochrome film around 2003 and her first photobook titled "TOKYO" was published in 2012. The series was published in the Japanese leading camera magazines, "Asahi Camera" and "Nippon Camera". And in 2014, her second photobook titled "IBIZA" was published, featuring monochrome photographs she took at clubs in Ibiza. Since 2020, she has participated in many group exhibitions across the world.

Website
https://www.megumiotsuka.net/

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