森川健人写真集『MEXICO CITY LIGHTS』 New
2018年3月25日発売／SanSanStudio／¥3,000／W190×H180mm／上製本／
94ページ／カラー83点／ISBN978-4-908725-05-0／限定200冊
"Mexico City Lights" March. 25. 2018 on sale
SanSanStudio/￥3,000/W190×H180mm/Hard Cover/
94pages / Color 83images/ ISBN978-4-908725-05-0/Edition of 200
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預けたバックを受け取りゲートを出ると、
日本やアメリカとは違う匂いがして、カラッカラの乾いた空気とともに、
なかなか遠くへやってきたぞ、と云う気分になりました。
ラテンアメリカ・メキシコの首都。
約900万人の大都会は様々な人種が乗り合わせてきました。
知らない街にいきなり放り出されることで不安になってきたり、
ついつい余計なことや役にも立たないことを考えたり・・・深呼吸。
出来ることはコツコツ足を使うことだけ。
路上ひとつに狙いを定め、自分だけの目印や休憩場所を見つけながら、
コトバはここでもからきし駄目・・・失敗をくりかえし、恥もかき大汗もかきます。
どうにかしたいと思い、開き直る・・・。
歩いてわからなくなったことは誰に聞いても教えてくれません。
足踏みしたりしながら、匂いや光や風、音や人、
ジワジワと押し寄せてくる光景はたまりません。
あれから・・・半年以上経ちます。
昨夜のニュースでメキシコシティが大地震で
建物崩壊やガス爆発の映像がいくつもあがってました。
奇しくも32年前の同じ日にも大地震が起きたらしい、大丈夫でしょうか？
今年2月に訪れたのが昨日のような気がしてきました。
2017年9月 森川健人
When I received my baggage which I had at the airport and went out of the gate,
is smelled of a different atmosphere from of Japan or America.
With the dry air,
I felt that I had arrived in some far off land.
It is the capital city of Mexico ,Latin America.
Ia a metropolis of some nine million citizens, I shared rides with my fellow passengers of many human races. By being suddenly thrown into a city that I did not know,
I felt uneasy and thought Ishould not say anything unnecessary or useless, and I took a deep breath.
The only thing that I could do was to use my legs diligently.
I targeted one street and found my own landmark and space for relaxation.
I was hopeless at the language here.
I repeated failures,embarrassed myself and sweated a river.
I tried to do something about it and assumed a defiant attitude...
Even if I lost my way while I was walking, nobody would listen to me or give me an answer.
While stepping around on foot, I come into contact with smells, light, wind sounds and people.
I could not let go of the wave after wave of such sensations. It was overwhelming.
It has been more than a half year since then.
On the news last night, I saw many images of collapsed buildings and gas explosions
as a result of the lage magnitude earthquake in Mexico City.
I heard that, by a curious coincidence, exactly thirty two years ago, an even more damaging eathquake had occurred. Is everyone there all right?
I visited Mexico City in February this year. But now I feel as if I had only visited there yestreday.
September 2017, Kento Morikawa