Shining Daisen

Hiroike is inspired by Japanese painting, which has been done in Japan since ancient times. He expresses Japanese landscapes, with their uniquely complex topography and climate and four distinct seasons, in the medium of photography with a unique aesthetic sense of "wabi" and "sabi" that is uniquely Japanese. Among his works, his black-and-white photographs inspired by "Suiboku-ga" (ink painting) are the ultimate in minimalism. He chooses landscapes with minimalistic beauty, expresses the form of the subject and the relationship between light and shadow by removing color, and further emphasizes minimalism with long exposures and other techniques.

Daisen" in this photo is one of the few mountains in Japan where you can climb to the top in the middle of winter. We climbed Mt. Daisen in midwinter and began our descent in the evening. When we descended to the 8th station, I took this photo because the ridge line blocked the sunlight and only the summit area shone brightly, an impressive sight.