Haunts_ (Tetsuya Yuno)
1976-
Photographer/ Tokyo
STATEMENT
Through my photography, I attempt to visualize the feelings of loneliness and alienation that people experience in life.
Born and raised in Osaka, I later moved to Tokyo. Influenced by my late grandfather and an old friend who were both photography enthusiasts, I chose photography as my means of expression. My work is also shaped by my early exposure to Surrealist paintings in art textbooks, Japanese manga, and my long-time study of calligraphy.
As I navigate the sense of being an anonymous individual lost in the vastness of the city, I seek connections with others through social media. My work aims to capture the solitude and alienation lurking within the impersonal urban landscape, bringing to light the invisible emotions of those who inhabit it through the interplay of light and shadow.
私は写真を通じて、人が生きていく上で感じる孤独や疎外感の視覚化を試みています。
日本の大阪で生まれ育ち、東京に移り住みました。亡くなった祖父と古い友人がカメラを趣味にしていた事もあり、写真での表現を選ぶことにしました。学生時代は美術の教科書にあったシュールレアリズム絵画に刺激を受け、日本の漫画にも大きく影響を受けました。また、長年書道を学んできたことも表現に影響を与えています。
無名の一個人として都市に埋もれる感覚を抱く中で、SNSを通じて他者とのつながりを模索しています。私の作品は、無機質な都市風景の中に潜む孤独や、誰もが感じる疎外感を視覚化する試みです。都市の光と影が交差する中で、人々の目に見えない感情を浮かび上がらせます。
Biography
Haunts_ (Tetsuya Yuno) is a Photographer living in Tokyo. Earning BA in Economics from Wakayama University in 2001. After graduating from university, he continued taking photographs as a hobby while working, but when he was transferred to Tokyo in 2014, he decided to relearn photography from the basics and began creating his own works. Based in Tokyo, he mainly uses Instagram as a platform to present his work, and since 2021 has also been focusing on zine publishing. He mainly takes urban photographs and attempts to express the loneliness and alienation that people feel in cities.
Education
2016- Nakamura Photographic Academy
2001- BA in Economics, Wakayama University.
Exhibition
2025- Photo Artfolio exhibit “Shadowscapes” , (Boston, United States)
2025- Black Box Gallery Juried Group Photo Shows “Black and White” , (Portland, United States)
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
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
2024- 千住の街角の銭湯 (zine)
2024- A rootless vagabond (zine)
2024- Un Certain Regard (zine)
2023- The Unseen Tokyo (Hard cover zine)
2022- 街熅れ (zine)
2021- 昧爽の赫奕 (zine)