“Energy” can be understood as the source of power—something that manifests physically as heat or light, but also something we sense in our everyday lives through impressions we receive from others, or through shifts in our own inner state. Whether it originates from something alive or not, what exactly is this invisible force that seems to emanate from all things? This question lies at the core of my practice.

Raised by a Buddhist monk grandfather and an architect father—both devoted lovers of the natural world—I grew up with an acute awareness of things unseen. These were not ghosts or fairies, but subtle changes in the seasons, the breath of an animal, or the forms born of light—fragments that quietly shape our world. I began to recognize them more clearly through the act of photographing.

My gaze is often drawn to the gestures of animals, shifts in the air, curious traces of light. Over time, I began to sense that the vitality and presence behind these phenomena might be what truly constitutes the fabric of our world.

In this project, I photograph beings and actions just as they are. I do not stage or intervene. However, I set one rule: the act of capturing must always involve my own expressive method. Wolves run because they wish to run; seeds fall naturally from flowers; a sphere rolls as it drops. My challenge was not to direct them, but to determine how to translate their actions into visual form using photographic media.

In an era where nearly every movement—an animal’s sprint, rain falling, fire consuming paper—has already been extensively portrayed, I sought to depict life not through appearance, but through heat and motion. By employing a thermographic camera, which detects and visualizes heat, I was able to see creatures not as we normally do, but as thermal traces—images that reflect changes in behavior and emotion.

These thermal images appear strange, almost symbolic. I believe that by abstracting both living and non-living subjects in this way, I can avoid the distractions of surface information and instead make their energy visible. I also used photographic techniques such as long exposure, strobe lighting, and photograms—not uncommon, but uniquely suited to photography’s power to reveal the unseen.

The resulting images convey spaces and relationships shaped by light and shadow—forms that resemble life or even the cosmos. From disparate subjects, a common thread emerges: an intense, inherent energy and presence radiates from each.

To me, the world is wondrous and extraordinary. The dynamic within movement, the latent power within stillness, the resonance between disparate existences—these are the phenomena I hope to convey through my work.