Haunts_ (Tetsuya Yuno)
1976-
Photographer/ Tokyo
STATEMENT
I am interested in the delicate boundary between what is visible and what is felt.
My photographs aim to suggest human presence through subtle traces and the quiet spaces that emerge in their absence.
I was born in Osaka and currently live and work in Tokyo. My introduction to photography came through the influence of my grandfather and a close friend.
My visual sensibility has been shaped by various sources, including the surrealist paintings I encountered in school art textbooks, Japanese manga, and many years of practicing calligraphy, which instilled in me an intuitive understanding of rhythm, silence, and empty space.
What I pursue through photography is not documentation, but extraction.
I am less concerned with what is plainly seen, and more with what floats just beneath perception—the emotional residue of daily life, and the atmosphere of spaces subtly altered by someone’s brief presence.
From the visible to the felt—my work inhabits the quiet space between the two.
私は、「目に見えるもの」と「感覚として感じ取られるもの」とのあいだにある繊細な境界に関心を持っています。
私の写真は、見えないものが残した痕跡や、空間に生まれたわずかな余白から、その存在を想像させることを目指しています。
大阪に生まれ、現在は東京を拠点に活動しています。写真との出会いは、祖父と旧友の影響によるものでした。
私の視覚表現には、子どもの頃に見た美術教科書のシュルレアリスム絵画、日本の漫画、そして長年取り組んできた書道が深く関わっています。書道は、リズムや沈黙、そして余白と向き合う感覚を私に与えてくれました。
私が写真で試みているのは、記録ではなく「抽出」です。
私の関心は、目に見えるものそのものではなく、視界のすぐ下に漂うもの——日常にひそむ感情の流れや、誰かが一瞬でもいたことによって変化した空間の空気なのです。
見えるものから、感じられるものへ。
私の作品は、その境界の静かな領域に存在しています。
Biography
Haunts_ (Tetsuya Yuno)
Born in Osaka, based in Tokyo. Graduated from Wakayama University, Faculty of Economics in 2001. Resumed photography upon moving to Tokyo, focusing on themes of solitude and alienation within the urban landscape. Primarily presents work through Instagram, zine production, and participation in photography competitions and exhibitions worldwide.
大阪生まれ、東京在住。2001年、和歌山大学経済学部卒業。東京勤務を機に写真を再学習し、都市風景と同調する孤独や疎外感をテーマに活動を開始。Instagram発表やZINE制作を中心に、国内外のコンテストや展示に参加。
Education
2016- Nakamura Photographic Academy
2001- BA in Economics, Wakayama University.
Group Exhibition (selected)
2025- PH21 gallery curated international photography exhibition “Portraits Beyond Faces” , (Budapest, Hungary)
2025- Urban Animals Exhibition “Trieste Photo Days” , (Trieste, Italy)
2025- Yeiser Art Center International Open Call Exhibition “Art Through the Lens 2025” , (Paducah, USA)
2025- Black Box Gallery Juried Group Photo Shows “Grayscale” , (Portland, USA)
2025- Photo Artfolio exhibit “Shadowscapes” , (Boston, USA)
2025- Black Box Gallery Juried Group Photo Shows “Black and White” , (Portland, USA)
2024- Pop-up urban art and photography exhibition( in celebration of the launch of PURPLEHAZE Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue) , (Berlin, Germany)
2024- Head On Photo Festival “Bondi Pavilion” , (Sydney, Australia)
2024- Urban Photo Award “Trieste Photo Days” , (Trieste, Italy)
2024- Two-person exhibition by Naohisa Izawa & Haunts_ ,(Tokyo, Japan)
Awards/Honors
2025- Urban Photo Award, Semi Finalist
2025- Urban Animals, Selected Author
2024- Paris International Street Photo Award, Honorable Mentions
2024- Photographic Center Northwest’s (PCNW) and King County Metro’s (Metro) Photomural Art Call invited, (Seattle, United States)
2024- Head On Photo Festival, Landscape Awards, semi-finalist
2024- Urban Photo Award, selected photographer
Bibliography
2025- Feline Frame -city- (Paperback/Hardcover zine)
2025- Feline Frame -eyes- (Paperback/Hardcover zine)
2024- 千住の街角の銭湯 (Paperback zine)
2024- A rootless vagabond (Paperback zine)
2024- Un Certain Regard (Paperback zine)
2023- The Unseen Tokyo (Hardcover zine)
2022- 街熅れ (Paperback zine)
2021- 昧爽の赫奕 (Paperback zine)