ぽっぽつと窓を叩く雨粒で目が覚める。見下ろす東京は、まだ夢の中だった。
ピントの合わない遠景、光が編む幾何学、止まらない動き、霞んだ街の輪郭。
その景色に、私は幼い頃から、ずっと憧れてきた。でも、雨粒はやがて空から落ち、静かに地面へと辿り着く。

私の視線もまた、空から街へと降りていった。
現実の東京は、思い描いていたそれとは少し違っていた。無機質で、騒がしくて、どこか孤独で、時にひんやりしていた。
それでも私はこの街に惹かれ続け、カメラを手放せなかった。きっとどこかに、あの夢のかけらが隠れていると言じて。
この10年間、私は写真を通して、夢と現実のあわいを見つめ続けてきた。
理想のきらめきと現実のざらつき、その間にふと現れる一瞬の真実。
それは、言号待ちの一瞬に浮かぶ優しい眼差しかもしれないし、誰にも気づかれず咲く路地裏の小さな花かもしれない。
私はその「はざま」にこそ、人間らしさや都市の深みがあると感じる。完璧ではない。けれど、それでも確かに、美しい。

夢と現（うつつ）のちょうど真ん中で、世界がほんの少し、やわらかく見えた。
ここには、確かな“今”があり、愛し合いながら、前へと進む人々の“生”がある。
そして今なら、静かにこう思える。
夢から覚めるのも悪くは無い。

I wake to the sound of raindrops tapping softly against the window. From above, Tokyo still lingered in a dream.
A distant blur, geometry woven from light, a city in constant motion, its edges lost in haze.
Since childhood, I'd looked upon that view with longing.But raindrops eventually fall-gently leaving the sky, coming to rest upon the ground.

And so too did my gaze descend, from above to within the streets.
The Tokyo I came to know wasn't quite the one I had imagined.
It was more mechanical, more chaotic, lonelier, colder at times.
Yet still, I was drawn to it-unable to set my camera down.
I kept believing that somewhere, fragments of that dream must still remain.
For the past ten years, I've searched through photography for the space between dream and reality.
Between glimmering ideals and the grain of real life lies a fleeting kind of truth.
Maybe it's in a soft glance shared at a crosswalk, or a flower blooming quietly in an alley, unnoticed by all.
I've come to feel that it's in this in-between where the soul of the city lives— not perfect, but undeniably, deeply beautiful.

At the threshold of dream and waking, the world seemed just a little softer.
Here, there is a certain now, where people live, love, and move forward.
And now, I can say this with quiet certainty:
Waking from the dream isn't so bad after all.

Venue: “SPACE K DAIKANYAMA”, Tokyo Japan
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RICOH GR写真展 記憶の残像 4
2025年最初の写真展。RICOH GRシリーズで撮った、街や人、移り行く時間などを、記憶の残像というテーマで展示します。本展示では、GRist Vol.34 Tomas H. Haraさんをゲストに迎え、RICOH GRの魅力を存分に感じ、皆さんと共にGR愛を共有できる空間を演出します。

• 会期：2025年1月15日（水）〜1月19日（日）

• 営業時間：水曜日〜土曜日16:30〜22:00、日曜日15:00〜21:00。(最終入店は閉店の1時間前)

• 飲食店のためワンドリンク以上の注文が必要です。ノンアルコールカクテル、ソフトドリンクあり。注文がワンドリンクのみの方は、混雑状況にかかわらず店内滞在時間40分を目安にお願いします。

TOKIO E IO IN TRANCE:

…I thought I knew you but was all fruit of an unilateral admiration. But this is just simple ignorance or pursue of true love?The question remains open…
Tomas is a photographer with Japanese roots, born and raised in Buenos Aires Argentina. Currently he is based in Tokyo, capital of Japan, where he observes and records the street through the lenses of his camera as daily activity. Partly because his instinct calls himself to do so, partly to seek a representation of his life long curiosity. What is Tokyo?
Tokyo is a city to contemplate coexisting contrasts. Contrasts between the past and the future, the occident and the orient, the chaos and the harmony, dreamy expectation and reality...all of them sharing one common present, which's form is kept in an extremely complex and continuously evolutive balance.
So, What is Tokyo? How do people describe it? How do you describe it? I invite you, dear visitor, to reflect and explore together through what I have been observing and recording. 

…Pensavo di conoscerti, ma era tutto frutto di una ammirazione unilaterale. Ma è semplice ignoranza o ricerca del vero amore? La domanda rimane aperta…
Tomas è un fotografo con radici giapponesi, nato e cresciuto a Buenos Aires, Argentina. Attualmente si trova a Tokio, capitale del Giappone, dove osserva e registra la città attraverso l'obiettivo della sua macchina fotografica come attività quotidiana. In parte perché il suo istinto lo spinge a farlo, in parte per cercare una rappresentazione della sua curiosità che dura da tutta la vita. Cos'è Tokio?
Tokio è una città da contemplare nei suoi contrasti coesistenti. Contrasti tra passato e futuro, Occidente e Oriente, caos e armonia, aspettativa sognante e realtà… tutti condividono un presente comune, la cui forma è mantenuta in un equilibrio estremamente complesso e in continua evoluzione.
Quindi, cos'è Tokio? Come la descrivono le persone? Come la descrivi tu? Ti invito, caro visitatore, a riflettere ed esplorare insieme attraverso ciò che ho osservato e registrato.