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Hiroike uses ICM (Intentional camera movement) to express "objects that change with time" in his photographs. One such example is the LEDs used in the Christmas lights. The LEDs, which are powered by an AC power source, blink 60 times per second at 60 Hz, which is the frequency of the power source, and when photographed while moving the camera, they appear as dotted lines. Depending on the way the camera is moved, some of them look like cloth, while others have various expressions like the universe.

The "peace" series is a series of photographs created by repeatedly moving the camera vertically and horizontally to capture the light of many LEDs, creating soft pastel-colored textures.Each LED is a primary color, such as red, blue, green, etc., but as the lights are repeatedly turned on and off, other lights enter the unlit areas, and they "harmonize" with each other. I named this series "peace" because I believe that if people can not only assert themselves but also have a "pause" to accept others, people of different religions and positions can live in peace.