
Koufukuron — Eudaemonics
- Publisher
- 89books
- Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 979-12-80423-34-4
- Specifications
- Softcover
31.5 x 22.5 cm
56 pages
36 color photographs
Digital print
1 20 x 30 cm signed color print included
Text by Taisuke Sato
Design by 89books
The world is a “representation” of what we see, and depending on what perspective and will we have, we can see the world differently. In order to make this possible, I take a social psychological approach to the events I see in my photographs, and find their relationship to society. The idea is to have a social point of view, rather than a first-person perspective. This means recognizing diversity, allowing people to be as they are, and feeling that everything in the world is fragile and beautiful. I believe that this “Acceptance of Impermanence” and a conscious shift in perspective to the Japanese aesthetic of “MONO-NO-AWARE” is the path to human happiness.