Magdyowa ibinalot sa vacuum pack

NAGBUO ang Japanese artist ng unique collection ng mga larawan ng shrink-wrapped couples na kanyang nakilala sa Tokyo bars.

Pumili si Haruhiko Kawaguchi, alyas Photographer Hal, ng mga magdyowa at hinikayat na magpakuha ng larawan sa loob ng plastic.

Aniya: “I tell them that they need to hold their breath for about 10 seconds when I activate the pump to suck out the air, and then I have to rush to get the snap before freeing them by pumping air back into the polythene.

“Sometimes people do panic but it seems to be a problem more from men than women. I even had one guy panic so badly he wet himself.”

Sinabi ni Kawaguchi, sa simula ay nahirapan siyang kombinsihin ang mga magdyowa para magpakuha sa kanya ng larawan ngunit kalaunan ay naging madali na dahil marami nang mga tao ang nakauunawa sa kanyang obra.

“I don’t care about their backgrounds, I have photographed musicians, dan-cers, strippers, labourers, restaurant and bar mana-gers, photographers, businessmen and women, and the unsettled and unemployed. All are welcome,” aniya.

“My work explores the idea of love. I like to vacuum pack my subjects because it’s indicative of freshness and preservation, but it also represents the closeness and fullness of love and its magnetic power to being people together.”

Ang kanyang photographic series, tinawag niyang ‘Flesh Love’, ay available na ngayon sa book compilation at ipad application. (ORANGE QUIRKY NEWS)