In the present-day world where everything becomes clear and can be revealed,

fantasy and creativity may be narrowed down.

That’s why I think it’s high time for us to turn our thoughts to fantasies,

invisible beings and the unseen world.  

And I believe now is the best time since the birth of camera

or photography to express those things with using such instruments

or techniques that can reveal more clearer than paintings.

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Jumpei Tainaka captures the world right next to us

which is full of uniqueness that makes all beauty and ugliness feel aesthetic.

 Isao Yukisada (Film director)

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The water spirit Undine has no soul.  

What exactly is having a soul?  

Maybe something like dissolving infinite colors in colorless and transparent water on all occasions.  

A naked body that dramatically wears fate and sways on the surface of the water.  

London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Hamburg, Osaka and Tokyo –

the moment of vividness of the surface of water in seven cities around the world,

captured by a photographer who continues his journey in time and space.  

Another story of the original Undine (Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 1811),

now with a soul.

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