Sense of
time is mysterious. I feel that every year is getting shorter and
shorter. But, when I was a child, the time would pass much slower.
I used to have enough time to count how many clouds there were in
the sky, and how many stones there were in my parents’ garden…
There was still too much time to kill before sunset.
Sense of time is changeable. If I think about something deeply on
the way home, I soon realize that I have suddenly reached the front
door of my apartment. Time would pass so fast when I’m very
busy or when I do what I really like. Time is a strange thing.
For the
“Time Traveler’s Diary” series, I tried to create
an imaginary travel story which would be experienced whenever and
wherever in our minds. The images were originally unrelated to each
other, but they became tied together invisibly, like a word association
game. As a photographer, and as long as the sense of time keeps
its mysteries, I will continue to record my “travel”…
Reiko Imoto