What 19-year-old Jiro Konami saw and felt. To celebrate the publication of his photo book, Searchlight, an exhibition will open at Salt and Pepper.

Photographer Jiro Konami was born on Hachijojima Island and is currently based in New York City. Searchlight," a collection of photographs taken in the early days of his photography career, will be released by "Salt and Pepper.

In celebration of the release of the photo book, a solo exhibition will be held at the gallery on the third floor of "Salt & Pepper" , and other efforts have been put into this project. The photographs were taken when she was 19 years old, a very impressionable age. Although he is now involved in a variety of photo shoots, we can see the source of his sensibility, which is simply moving forward and seizing the present moment.

Statement is here.

"Searchlight."
Somewhere other than here .
Back then, the end of the sky seemed beyond my dreams.
I wanted to dive to depths I could not illuminate.
When you are in the dark. I'm kind of anxious , but I want to move forward.
If you can illuminate the front a little brighter than the back.
I decided to go without looking behind me.
. I was 19 years old. . without a clue, drenched in rain, just walking and emitting light.
The light roused me and I gently followed something.
I was there when I got there, one by one.
A view that was not supposed to be visible appeared before my eyes.
The light I saw at the end of my teenage years.
Jiro Konami

The beginnings were very pure and may not be as sophisticated as they are now. . Of course, some of the shots were taken with the best of intentions, and some were taken by accident. But you will be able to find something that could only have been taken at that time, something that can only be felt here.