#01- #09 are the cherry blossom (The cherry blossom is the most popular flower in Japan). #10-#18 are the iris (In the Japanese traditional painting, the iris were considered to be a subject for a long time. For example, Taikan Yokoyama…etc) . #19-#27 are the cosmos (The strong crops do not grow up, if nothing plant the crops in the farmland such as rice fields for a long time. Therefore, the cosmos have been planted in the Japanese rice field from old days. In other words there is the cosmos in Japanese scenery from old days). This series of works focuses on both an flower garden and a single flower. I start with capturing a particular part of the flower, and then continue photographing from a little further distance so that a whole outline of the flower can be seen gradually. The more the outline becomes clearer whilst the flower is dying, the more the flower garden as a background in black and white appears. I firstly took photographs of the flower garden and printed, which would be used as a background. Afterwards, I place an actual single flower against the photograph of the flower garden, then photographed them out of focus deliberately. Thus, the series consists of nine large photographs in which the blooming flower, the dying flower and the flower garden are juxtaposed. I focus on the dying process of a single flower whilst changing the proportion of the single flower to the flower garden on each plane. This is my first time to use a medium-format camera because I would like the final prints to have higher resolution and quality of colour, as well as I think of how these photographs would be exhibited. The continuous concept for my creation is “the group and the individual” . However, this latest series is slightly different from my previous project that focused on a group of people who coincidently gathered at public spaces such as station because I have incorporated “time” in my works. It can be “life” rather than “time” . One of the reasons why I incorporate “time” is that I thought my works could establish the truth as physical evidence since “time” is shared with everything. In other words, I would like to make my way of expression firm. Selecting necessary factors from the first print used for as a background, in addition, I believe that the copying process is an act of recording the reality extracted by my intention. Although the photographs are out of focus, in this series I regard the focus as “a border” which exists between the flower garden fixed in their full glory and the single flower dying as time goes by. For instance, “country (the group)” has certain imagery such as unique culture or nationalism. However, I doubt whether “people (the individual)” inhabiting “country (the group)” have the same imagery. Applying this theory to the flower featured in this series, although the flower garden could remind us of peculiar imagery, we could not imagine the flower garden by looking at the single flower. Having a single flower confront various conditions and situations by picking one from the flower garden and putting it in “time” as the process of “decaying” , therefore, I would like to reveal the existence of identity of the element ‒ that is often hidden as a part of the group.inhabiting “country (the group)” have the same imagery. Applying this theory to the flower featured in this series, although the flower garden could remind us of peculiar imagery, we could not imagine the flower garden by looking at the single flower. Having a single flower confront various conditions and situations by picking one from the flower garden and putting it in “time” as the process of “decaying” , therefore, I would like to reveal the existence of identity of the element ‒ that is often hidden as a part of the group.