The series is a selection from my life-long portrait project photographed with a 35mm camera “The Dreamer -message from a human being-”. Started in 2016 as I spent 8 months, while living in a van, in a small village located among the mountains of Australia. A unique place often regarded as a hippie town where most people, including travellers flowing in and out everyday, have chosen to live a simple life style (or primitive) in the nature, as away from the society as each of them wish to be.
The project is focused on capturing the sparks of joy and the energy of love. To carry the message that we, as humans, should not be limited in expressing ourselves no matter how unique the personality, by the rules of the modern society and its overly competitive atmosphere, as well as to consequently expand one's idea of what a "proper life" is.
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The Dreamer (Series)
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James Ozawa (1987)
Born in Australia and moved to Japan at the age of 5. Currently based in Tokyo.
He started his career originally as a commercial photographer in 2010, after studying under two Japanese photographers for previous 2 years.
He worked for a Japanese magazine publisher(Medium inc.) exclusively from 2011, which mainly included fashion, still life, and food photography, then later became a freelancer in 2013.
After having engaged in editorial photography for years, in 2016 he started sparing time between Japan and Australia to concentrate on personal projects.
Born in Australia and moved to Japan at the age of 5. Currently based in Tokyo.
He started his career originally as a commercial photographer in 2010, after studying under two Japanese photographers for previous 2 years.
He worked for a Japanese magazine publisher(Medium inc.) exclusively from 2011, which mainly included fashion, still life, and food photography, then later became a freelancer in 2013.
After having engaged in editorial photography for years, in 2016 he started sparing time between Japan and Australia to concentrate on personal projects.
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