The idea for my project is to capture insignificant events and objects and show the spirituality within them. There’s a lot of different things that I plan to capture throughout the project. The photographer Rinko Kawauchi is my main inspiration for my idea and I really like her concepts and the subjects that she captures. The different thinks that I plan to capture are things that we see everyday but ignore because of there insignificance. Things such as light and shadows, abstract shapes and objects, different angles of the body and fragmenting everyday scenes.

I wanted to name the project something simple, catchy and something with a deeper meaning. The photographer Rinko Kawauchi has inspired me a lot through the process of coming up with ideas. She is a Japanese photographer so I started searching up different meanings of words in Japanese. My project is based on finding the beauty of everyday things and situations. I intend to focus on the purity and depth of things that we claim to be insignificant. The saying that I came across that I liked the most was ‘Wabi-Sabi’. The definition behind this word works really well with my project. Wabi-Sabi means “a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.” This is what I aim to explore in my project and is why I decided to name it Wabi-Sabi.

The images above is a mood board of different objects and scenes that I plan to capture within my series of images. The different things include images of the human body ranging from old people to young people, but fragmenting them so that I focus on particular parts. I want to capture images of shadows ad light and the different ways we see it throughout the day. I also want to collect a range of images to do with nature, such as the sea and flowers, trees, however I plan on capturing them in an unusual way. I also plan on taking image of animals such as insects and insignificant creatures.

Once I’ve done all the shoots I will choose a collection of the very best images to display as a group. I also plan on creating a video studying the light and the way it changes throughout the day.