Rinko Kawauchi Quotes

• People often say that I have a child's eye. For example, I stare at ants gathering around sugar, or when I seek shelter from the rain, I gaze upon snails. These are things which you often do when you are a child aren't they? I have a very similar sensibility to that.

  Rinko Kawauchi

  Children, Rain, Eye

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• It's not enough that [the photograph] is beautiful. If it doesn't move my heart, it won't move anyone else's heart.

  Rinko Kawauchi

  Beautiful, Moving, Heart

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• From the black ocean comes the appearance of light and waves. It helps you imagine birth. I want imagination in the photographs I take. It's like a prologue. You wonder, What's going on? You feel something is going to happen.

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  Ocean, Light, Imagination

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• For a photographer, it's a necessity that you can shoot stuff magically. Accidents are necessary, but after I take the photograph, it's not over. I work on it more.

  Rinko Kawauchi

  Stuff, Photographer, Photograph

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• It's not that I'm confident, but I feel it's okay for me to continue taking photos.

  Rinko Kawauchi

  Okay, Feels

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