Weekend Portfolio: Takamasa Honda
Writing and Photography by Takamasa Honda
Photo Editing by Haley Winchell
About the artist: Takamasa Honda was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1977. After graduating from university in 1999, he entered Bunka Fashion College to study the basics of dressmaking where he graduated in 2000.
He continued to make clothes by himself and founded his original fashion brand "BANANA" in 2003. He needed photos for his website and print production to advertise his work, but after being unsatisfied with the photographer he hired and with a recommendation from a friend, he began to explore the world of photography. Since 2004, he has been exploring various photographic styles, but mainly fashion, surrealism, and nature.
He started taking photos with the world in mind after winning the Sony World Photography Awards and receiving a feature in Photo Vogue in 2018.
He now combines multiple genres and techniques to eliminate the line between art and fashion, but he is particularly interested in the "humorous and strangeness" embedded in the beauty of color schemes.
His photographic work is always self-directed, so he does everything from the costume design, directing, and shooting himself.
About the project: Hiromi
This work is a portrait series of a middle-aged man named "Hiromi."
He is neither a model nor an actor, but I was fascinated by the man's eyes and demeanor. I felt compelled to make a beautiful and humorous portrait series with feelings of strangeness by combining Hiromi and props. I shoot in the same place, the same direction, and the same color scheme. The simple composition emphasizes the various production and color scheme.
You can view more of Takamasa’s work on his website and Instagram.
