Leica Exibition
Finally, the day has arrived. A day that began taking shape in the summer of 2025, when this collaboration first existed only in words before becoming something real.
I still remember the surprise when I was offered the opportunity to create an exhibition for Leica across five different locations. It is more than a professional milestone. It is a deeply personal satisfaction. Leica is the camera I love most for street photography.
Over the years I have worked with many different systems. Medium format film. Notoriously slow and stubborn tools like the Sigma Merrill and the DP Quattro. The simplicity of the Fujifilm X100. Even the technological precision — to a point where it became the least enjoyable for me — of my Sony A7R V.
Limitations have always fascinated me. They force decisions. They slow me down. They make me think.
But with the Leica M10, it is different.
The rangefinder changes the way I see. Manual focus — that small central patch where images overlap — brings me back to a more deliberate rhythm. It demands presence. Letting the camera decide everything has never interested me. I look for a kind of friction that allows room for variables, for the possibility of something unexpected to happen.
And then there are the colors. The character. A response that feels aligned with the way I experience the street.
From tomorrow until June, I will be exhibiting a selection of images made during these three years since entering the Leica world.
The theme I chose for this project has always been close to me.
Hikaranaimonotachi — the things that do not shine.
These images are divided into five sections, reflecting the five Leica Stores where the exhibition unfolds.
Each space hosts a different fragment of the same project.
寄り添う - Yokohama Sogo
そこに在る営み - Nagoya Matsusakaya
行き交う人々 - Tokyo Daimaru
温もり - Osaka Hankyu
残された風景 - Tokyo Isetan
