Sayuri Ichida
Absentee
In Absentee, I focus on the temporality of our existence. Centered around my body, this series is an evocative depiction of a sense of detachment, an absence from self and reality. After I lost my mother in my late teens, I shielded myself from thoughts about death. However, 15 years later, the psychological impact of the global pandemic triggered a period of grief. Creating this body of work enabled me to overcome emotional difficulties such as uncertainty and anxiety caused by the reminder of death. Our attempts to evade our own mortality are inevitably challenged, and we are forced to acknowledge our own fragility. A visceral recognition surfaces at times, reminding us of the transience of life.
Nella Casabella • Adrián Coto • Yiqi Dong • Anne Erhard • Vladimir Gheorghe • Sayuri Ichida • Christian Jago • Joe Pettet-Smith •
Arts University Bournemouth
MA Photography
University of Brighton
MA Photography
University of Derby
MA Film and Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography