Gomma Photography Grant 2021
Chicharrón
Photographer
Hiro Tanaka
Chicharrón
30 Jan, 2022
Moving one place to another, going into familiar and unfamiliar scenes. Countless encounters during life on the road. Things can be different but feels like its constant repetition under pile of time and distance. Often some random things just happen to you and we have no control over avoiding it. Time and current can be twisted, Distance and space can be distorted, layers between reality and fantasy, true and false. Explore relation between encounters, randomness and consequences through experience and memento.
About the photographer
Hiro Tanaka
Hiro Tanaka was born in Japan, lived in United States for several years. an interesting coincidence led him to start taking photographs - after accidentally winning a free trip to the US through raffles at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Tanaka started travelling with punk bands in the United States and Europe, received his first camera from one of the band members during traveling and started documenting the tour life. He has won Cosmos Arles PDF Award at Les Rencontres d'Arles (France), TPD Book Award (Italy) etc. has had received several grants, participated in residency programs in US, Europe and Asia. Published five monographs.
