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"Persona" Photograph - Limited Edition of 3

→ Wataru Kikuchi, Japan

Photography, Digital on Paper

12 W x 17 H in

Framed, Ready to Hang

$760

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This series is a central part of my photobook project, "Life Is Still Beautiful". Within this work, Part I, "Playing a Role," delves into the profound dissonance between the social masks we wear and the fragile truth of our inner selves. In modern society, we are all actors, performing roles defined...

Year Created:

2025

Subject:

Mediums:

Photography, Digital on Paper

Rarity:

Limited Edition of 3

Size:

12 W x 17 H x 0.1 D in

Ready to Hang:

Yes

Frame:

White

Authenticity:

Certificate is Included

Packaging:

Ships in a Box

Delivery Cost:

Shipping is included in price.

Delivery Time:

Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

Returns:

The purchase of photography and limited edition artworks as shipped by the artist is final sale.

Handling:

Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.

Ships From:

Japan.

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Wataru Kikuchi

About the Artist

Wataru Kikuchi

Japan

I am a photographer based in Tokyo, exploring the profound silence of solitude and the quiet resilience of the human spirit. My creative core is rooted in a personal tragedy—the loss of a family member to suicide during my childhood. This experience ignited a lifelong quest to find a form of "salvation" for the unnoticed loneliness that exists within our real world.

Through cinematic monochrome and evocative color, I project my unresolved emotions onto both my models and the chaotic urban landscapes of Shinjuku. My aesthetic is deeply influenced by the master of light and shadow, Shinya Takahashi, from whom I learned the art of cinematic storytelling and the delicate balance of atmosphere. For me, a portrait is a collaborative narrative. In my photobook project currently in progress, Life Is Still Beautiful, I weave the real-life perspectives and experiences of my models into the work, building a bridge between personal history and universal emotion.
Inspired by the atmospheric depth of literature and cinema, my photography serves as a vessel to confront the "unreachable happiness" and the sense of closure in modern life. While I capture the suffocating density of the city, I also seek a multi-dimensional truth by juxtaposing it with the vast, surreal beauty of nature—sand dunes, forests, and the sea.

My goal is simple: if you find a flicker of salvation within one of my frames, then my work is complete. I am shooting time itself to heal the silent voids of the past and the present.

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