SOGA TOMORU
SOGA TOMORU, born in 1988 and a photographer from Niigata Prefecture, primarily captures solo travels and daily life as a record. Currently, he is regularly creating a Last Testament.
Instagram: @gaso_0131
Here is his interview video: Watch on YouTube
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Solo Exhibitions
July 2019 "Shinjuku Rhapsody" Shinjuku
Venue: Shinjuku Golden Gai Colors
I have always admired Tokyo. Life in the countryside was closed-off and unbearably suffocating. In an effort to escape this reality, I would periodically visit Tokyo, and there I encountered Shinjuku, Japan's largest entertainment district. This is a record of the people I met in Shinjuku.
September 2022 "Caterpillar Me and the Empty Shell of Myself." Osaka
Venue: Gallery Room 305
Since childhood, I have felt, "I wish I had been born a woman."
In my mid-twenties, while my peers were succeeding in their careers, getting married, and having children, living as typical adults, I was aimlessly living as a part-time worker, rotting away in the stifling countryside. It was during this time that I discovered cross-dressing, and I felt a clear separation between my male and female selves. A new life was born, detached from my male self.
"If I had been born a woman, I might have had such expressions." This exhibition features photos taken over four years with such thoughts in mind.
I am a friendly and lonely caterpillar who wants to be loved by everyone. And I am an empty shell who is bad at socializing and wants to be nobody. An illusionary me and a chasing me. A record of these two figures and their hearts.
September 2024 "Caterpillar Me and the Empty Shell of Myself." Shinjuku
Venue: Shinjuku Ganka GalleryA touring exhibition of "Caterpillar Me and the Empty Shell of Myself." which was held in Osaka.
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