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そしてこれからお会いする皆様、楽しみにお待ちしています。
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そしてこれからお会いする皆様、楽しみにお待ちしています。
改めて、「彼女の肖像～杏子痕」について、触れておきたいと思います。
よかったら、読んでやってください。
よかったら、読んでやってください。
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第五回RPS企画展にのみやさをり写真展「彼女の肖像〜杏子痕」
"Her portrait - On the traces of Kyoko (footsteps)"
Few years ago, Kyoko had been victim of sexual assault and suffered from a heavy PTSD.
Her daily panics, flash backs and dissociations was such that it had handicapped her from human relationships.
She couldn't live a normal life anymore and had to quit her jobs. The first time I met her was during that period.
Right after our encounter, she was diagnosed with progressive colon cancer and had to undergo surgery.
Sadly, post-surgery check-ups revealed she had sarcoidosis. The 5-year survival rate was only 5%.
How many tragedies had she to go through?
Unbelievable reality. What should she believe in?
Is it really worth living? What is the meaning of life?
How many times she thought about putting an end to her life. How many times she wanted to be released from pains?
But..
Kyoko chose to live. Live, live and live. Just live.
It's been three years since I met and photographed her. Sometimes she had one leg into death,
sometimes she was embracing life.
What do you see, what do you feel in front of those images?
Saori NINOMIYA
Few years ago, Kyoko had been victim of sexual assault and suffered from a heavy PTSD.
Her daily panics, flash backs and dissociations was such that it had handicapped her from human relationships.
She couldn't live a normal life anymore and had to quit her jobs. The first time I met her was during that period.
Right after our encounter, she was diagnosed with progressive colon cancer and had to undergo surgery.
Sadly, post-surgery check-ups revealed she had sarcoidosis. The 5-year survival rate was only 5%.
How many tragedies had she to go through?
Unbelievable reality. What should she believe in?
Is it really worth living? What is the meaning of life?
How many times she thought about putting an end to her life. How many times she wanted to be released from pains?
But..
Kyoko chose to live. Live, live and live. Just live.
It's been three years since I met and photographed her. Sometimes she had one leg into death,
sometimes she was embracing life.
What do you see, what do you feel in front of those images?
Saori NINOMIYA
数年前杏子は性犯罪被害者となり深刻なPTSDを蒙った。日々襲い来るパニックやフラッシュバック、解離といった症状は、他人との関わりを不自由にさせるほど、深刻だった。
そんな病のせいで仕事をやめざるを得なくなり、生活がままならなくなってゆく最中で私たちは出会った。
出会ってすぐ、彼女が進行性大腸癌であることが分かり手術を余儀なくされる。
しかもその術後の検査によって、難病・サルコイドーシスであることが分かった。五年後の生存率はたったの5パーセント。
一体幾つ災難が降ってきたら止むのだろう。
まるで嘘みたいな現実。一体何を信じたらいいのか。
こんな中、生きている意味って本当にあるんだろうか。
幾度、もうさっさと死んでしまおうと思ったことだろう。こんなことならさっさと死んで楽になりたいと何度願ったことだろう。
それでも。
杏子は生きることを選択した。生きて生きて生きて、生き切ることを選んだ。
そんな杏子と私の、出会ってから三年という月日を写真で追った。時に死に片足を突っ込み、時に生を両腕に抱く彼女の姿を、写真という術で綴った。
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