Taro Shirailandscape, at the threshold

風景写真家Tokyo / since 2016

I go out to meet the overlooked — 迎えにいって、待つ。

LatestFirst Light / 初日の出
Diamond Fuji — first light cresting the summit over Hiizuru-no-Sato
07:24 — 日出づる里, first light on the summit
山頂に太陽が重なる、一年最初の光。

Selected Series 作品

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01
First light on old roof tiles at Takaori before dawn
Threshold

Resonance

軒先に降りる、最初の光
06:47 · 日出づる里
The few minutes before old roof tiles take on warmth.
古い屋根瓦が温度を受け取る前の数分
SONY α7 IV · 70-200mm F2.8 GM · 70mm · ƒ/3.5 · 1/500s · ISO 5000
02
Volcanic ridge under open sky
Ridge

Ascent

稜線をのぼる、ひとつの点
10:50 · 那須
One figure on the volcano's back; the sky, almost all margin.
火山の背に、人がひとり。空はほとんど余白
SONY α7 III · 70-200mm F2.8 GM · 108mm · ƒ/8 · 1/500s · ISO 320
03
Tree-lined canal in low daylight
Channel

Transit

運河に落ちる、午後のかげ
14:03 · 中目黒・代官山
Water slips through the city's gaps — the side no one watches.
街の隙間を水が抜けていく。誰も見ていない側
SONY α7 IV · 24-70mm F2.8 GM · 34mm · ƒ/2.8 · 1/500s · ISO 100
余白に、想いが宿る 観る人のための場所

I do not show you the beautiful.
I leave the space where the beautiful might find you.

— working notes
04
Night cherry blossoms over a moat
One Example · Night

Gleam

夜の水面に、桜がひらく
19:58 · 九段下(夜桜)
The nightscape is only one expression — one example.
夜景はひとつの表現にすぎない。その一例
SONY α1 II · 35mm F1.4 GM · 35mm · ƒ/2 · 1/4s · ISO 100
05
Morning plaza by Tokyo Station
Passage

Stillness

朝の広場、まだ誰も急がない
06:46 · 東京駅
Between red brick and glass, a single tree stands.
赤煉瓦と硝子のあいだ、樹が一本立っている
SONY α7 IV · 35mm F1.4 GM · 35mm · ƒ/8 · 1/500s · ISO 2000
06
Tree-lined promenade in low light
Promenade

Drift

並木の下を、人が通り過ぎる
14:49 · 横浜
A tunnel of green; light weaves a mesh on the ground.
緑のトンネル。光が地面に網目を編む
SONY α7 IV · 35mm F1.4 GM · 35mm · ƒ/8 · 1/1000s · ISO 3200

Taro Shirai on a ridge with a telephoto lens
About

I photograph what is overlooked, and wait for it to look back. 見過ごされたものを、迎えにいく。

Based in Tokyo, I work mostly at the threshold — dawn, afterglow, the band where one thing becomes another. The encounter happens there. 出会いは、いつも閾(しきい)で起きる。

What I want to show is not the surface but the background behind it — the world, the story, and the empty space that belongs to whoever is looking. 綺麗さではなく、その奥にある背景と、観る人それぞれの想いが宿る余白を。

Verb
Encounter / 出会う
Practice
Wait / 待つ
Offer
Space / 余白