TITLE: Galactic Railroad in Reverberation

My thematic work "Reverb+Graphy" is an attempt to visualize images of current scene and past memories that play like reverberations in the brain. To embody this concept, I use prismatic lens filters that produce an amplifying effect on the subject. (In particular, I use two types of prismatic lens filters: a half-circle kaleidoscope filter that produces an effect on only half of the frame, and a spiral halo filter.)
　This work is a spin-off of my thematic work "Reverb+Graphy". This time, inspired by the world of "Galactic Railroad," I created the series of cosmic and fantastic station photographs. The intent was to create a nostalgic and poetic image of people boarding a train at a galactic station, with a finish reminiscent of afterimages and reverberations.
　In my home country of Japan, the connection between "galaxies" and "trains" is well known as a major literary and animated work. One is "Night on the Galactic Railroad," the posthumous work of novelist, poet Kenji Miyazawa, in which a lonely boy and his friend travel through space. The other is "The Galaxy Express 999," one of Japan's most famous manga and animated films by Leiji Matsumoto, about a boy's growth as he confronts a mechanical brain that has invaded the human world. Having been familiar with these stories since childhood, I feel a strong attachment to the connection between "galaxy" and "railroad". I have also been taking street snapshots of train stations of Madrid(especially, Atocha Station) for several years, which led to the creation of this series of works.

AUTHOR: Asako Naruto (Spain)

Born in Japan.
I'm a Madrid based amateur but everyday photographer specializing in street photography. Won the the "FIRST PRIZE OF THE YEAR 2021 OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY" on Digital Camera Magazine (Impress,Japan).
Finalist of the BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO AWARDS 2022

Bachelor degree in Science of Design（Musashino Art University) and Doctoral graduated in Art History (Nagoya University) .