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Chasing Shadows

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I finally made it. Being in Tokyo was one of my dreams. Those that you cultivate for a long, long time. This is a photograph about dreams becoming reality and a turning point regarding what this art form means to me. Long story short, I’ve always felt connected to photography and videography - on the video area, I used to spend a lot of time checking content on Vimeo around 10 years ago. I even considered if I should switch my career to one or the other back then, maybe get into an art school. Well, I didn’t. Despite quitting my job and deciding to move to Sweden, I actually enrolled into an Interactive Art Direction program, following the career path I was already building for a long time. Fast forward to 2018, 3 weeks before my trip to Japan. I still didn’t have a camera. ‘I think I’m gonna regret going to Japan without a proper camera’, I texted one of my closest friends. He agreed and promptly sent me a link saying: ‘Buy this camera, this lens, and you will have lots of fun’. An entry level mirrorless camera and a 35mm lens. And I got it. And here we go. I watched a few videos on Youtube to get familiar with the custom settings, shot some photos at home and that was it. Time to fly! Tokyo was a sort of ‘fall in love’ moment for me. Not only with the city (ended up visiting it again in the following year just before covid hit us), but with photography. I used to take a lot of photos with my phone, had a point & shoot, and I do believe that the best camera is the one you have with you, but this felt different. I could capture more details, more depth in my photos. I got really excited and couldn’t stop shooting! And now, almost 3 years after that first trip, I’m switching to photography as my full time profession. It’s really scary (the older you get, the riskier everything feels), but it’s the only thing I can do now. No postponing, no regrets and no ‘what if’s’ anymore. And as for filmmaking, some projects are already available. More to come. This was one of the first shots I took with that new camera. And yes, I’m still in love. December 26th, 06:33:33, 2018. Tokyo, Japan.

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