Yukinori TOKORO, a photographer who expresses the time flown in the photography by a precise and aesthetic approach. A photographer who knows how to attain his aims by capturing freely the life and movement of several beings, metamorphosis and irregular development of city.
 
This one-man show is composed mainly of “One Second-Shibuya”, the series condensed in the collectors’ book edited just before the Tokyo Photo 2009, at the limited number of twenty.  Also exhibiting new series on others cities as well as an experimental series of “One Second” collaborated by Hiroko KOSHINO, a
famous fashion designer. The prints in large format may indicate further development in creative activities of this unique photographer.
 
The cylindrical space of gallery will be full of the scenes of “current time” grasped by TOKORO’s eyes.
 
About 40 works will be exhibited.

- Naoko Ohta, Curator


The time flows,
Unexpectedly to no one.

- Yukinori Tokoro

Buses ready to depart in the terminal, and a girl rushes in.
A scene of light-woven show for some minutes, and people walk silently in the city noise.
I seize what happens in one second in Shibuya, my home town, and I try to express transience and uncertainty of time.
People, car, nothing stops in this city. Neither light nor shadow stands still for a second.
Reflecting light to the building and shadow on the street always change their positions.
The light travels to a next building, and shadow falls down to another street.
The city scene thus changes every second together with movement of people and car.

Shibuya was to me a grand city who looked down the people.
With the time passing to me, now I feel transience in this city.
Car, people, metro, and everything moving becomes transient to me.
Building even changes its face every second.
Seizing several seconds has made me understand more about Shibuya.

Shibuya is one of typical districts representing today's Tokyo.
The transience of Shibuya can also apply to other cities on the earth. I am a bit dizzy about.
"One second", it's my style of expression of transience, and no other way for me.
Every one may feel or understand his own "one second" in his way.
And many of us can understand how fast and transient "one second" is,
In order to understand what time means.