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Street Snap #47 Fragments of Okinawa | GR IV

This series brings together fragments from walks through the city during my stay in Naha, Okinawa. As I moved through the streets, I photographed places that caught my attention and scenes where I naturally stopped to look.

Each visit to Naha reveals many details worth noticing. The city’s character emerges through its distinctive buildings, plants shaped by the warm climate, and an urban atmosphere formed by overlapping cultural and historical contexts often described as “champuru” culture.

For this series, I used the GR IV with the “Negative Film” image control. Its restrained color and contrast are well suited to recording the layered sense of time in the city and the traces of everyday life in Okinawa, without unnecessary emphasis. Rather than presenting a finished or polished view, these photographs document one aspect of Naha as it appears in the flow of daily activity.

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沖縄県那覇市に滞在した際の街歩きの記録を、いくつかの断片としてまとめた。歩きながら気になった場所や、立ち止まって眺めた風景を、その都度カメラに収めている。

那覇の街には、訪れるたびに目に留まる要素が多い。独特なかたちの建物や、温暖な気候の中で育つ植物、そして「ちゃんぷるー文化」とも呼ばれる、多様な背景が折り重なった都市の表情がある。

今回の撮影では、GR IVの「ネガフィルム調」のイメージコントロールを使用した。色味やコントラストをやや抑えたこの設定は、街に漂う時間の積層や、日常のなかに残る沖縄らしさを、過度に演出することなく記録するのに適している。完成された風景ではなく、日々の営みのなかに現れる那覇の一側面を、記録として残している。(→noteで詳細を読む

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「note」では今回の写真について、背景や物語を一枚ずつ丁寧に解説しています。

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Location: Naha, Okinawa

This map shows the approximate area where the photos were taken.

All photos in this article were taken with a RICOH GR IV and edited in Lightroom.

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