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志鎌猛 (日本，1948年生)

志鎌猛於2002年時從設計的領域轉至攝影。他使用大片幅相機在森林中找尋靈感。他希望能夠捕捉深藏在「可見世界」中的「不可見世界」。他的第一批作品於2007年時以「森之襞」一名發表。這個項目開始了他畢生的課題。

漫步於森林之中，志鎌猛透過他的鏡頭捕捉各種生物轉瞬即逝的片刻，如即將枯萎的植物與花朵、細水長流的小溪，或是樹枝的影子。他使用哈蘇相機，開始了共有五個部分的攝影項目：《Waning—稍縱即逝：森林、原野、蓮花、花園與風景》。

在志鎌猛對森林不斷加深的感受中，他踏出了日本，將探索足跡延伸到新的地點與風景，包含了美國與歐洲。他創造新的系列作品《優勝美地》，且在《森之襞—森林無聲的呼吸》系列中加入了《太平洋西北》項目。他對於人造自然的關注，也啟發他創作了新的系列作品：《都市森林—紐約市中央公園》、《巴黎盧森堡公園》、《米蘭》與《巴賽隆納》。

在持續創作《森之襞—森林無聲的呼吸》以及《waning回音—稍縱即逝》系列作品的同時，志鎌猛的新作開啟了一種新的元素。《神所—沈思》系列記錄了生命中的一期一會，而目前共有十個部分：荷蘭、古石、天空島、英國、加利西亞、法國、多洛米蒂山脈、京都、依勢、湯川谷。

志鎌猛從旅行中得到許多創作靈感，《美之谷》攝於西班牙和義大利，而秘密花園則是在德國柏林以及義大利博馬爾佐所拍攝的。

《回憶花園—動物、植物、種子》系列則是在2008年所開始的項目。有如當代諾亞方舟一般，志鎌猛最初是在自然史博物館和標本店中拍攝動物標本，而植物的部分則是選擇拍攝溫室植物以及乾燥的種子。在2016及2017年，他為了未來的下一代開始沖洗印製這些作品。

志鎌猛的作品在國際上展出經驗豐富，他曾在英國、歐洲、美國及日本展出，且作品被公家與私人單位收藏。

Takeshi Shikama (b. 1948, Japan)

In 2002, Takeshi Shikama turned to photography after a career in the field of design. He was drawn to forests as the subject for his large format camera. It was the “invisible world”, hidden behind the “visible” that he worked to capture. His first photo collection was published in 2007 as Mori no Hida - Silent Respiration of Forests. This project became the launch of his lifetime endeavor.

Roaming the forests, he trained his lens to capture the scenes of fleeting moments of all living things such as plants and flowers about to wither, streams of flowing water, or shadows cast by trees. Using a handy Hasselblad camera, he began a new body of work in five parts. Utsuroi - Evanescence: Forest, Field, Lotus, Garden and Landscape.

As Shikama’s thoughts of the forest grew, he ventured out from Japan, expanding his vision to capture new locations and landscapes, working in America and in Europe. He added new series Yosemite and the Pacific Northwest in Mori no Hida - Silent Respiration of Forests.

Also, his gaze projected on manmade nature in metropolis created a new series : Urban Forests - New York City’s Central Park, Jardin du Luxambourg, Paris, Milan and Barcelona.

While preserving a continuity with his first opus Mori no Hida - Silent Respiration of Forests and echoing Utsuroi – Evanescence series , Takeshi Shikama’s new photographs constitute an alternate body of work, Kansyo - Contemplation which are the images given from once-in-a-life time encounters. Currently they are in 10 parts, The Netherlands, Ancient Stones, Isle of Skye, Great Bretain, Galicia, France, Dolomiti, Kyoto,Ise and Yukawa vallery.

In addition, his travels inspired another series, Bi no Tani - Valley of Beauty which were photographed in Spain and Italy. And Il Giardino Segreto (Seacret Garden) was born from his visit to Berlin in Germany and Bomarzo in Italy.

Garden of Memory - Animals, Plants, Seeds are the creation which he began in 2008. Conceived like a contemporary Noah’s Ark, he has been photographing the images of stuffed animals in dioramas in the natural history museums and the taxidermy shop, also greenhouse plant specimens and dried seeds. Then, in 2016 and 2017, he created the prints wishing to hand those portraits over to the future generations.

Shikama’s work has been shown internationally throughout Great Britian and Europe, in the United States, and consistently in Japan. His work is in public and private collections around the world.