A correspondence in photographs and words
Photographs arrive from Momoka, a photographer based in Honolulu, and poems are sent back from Kuramae. Scenes and words travel between Hawaii and Tokyo, carrying everyday notes from a photographer and a poet.
Photo
Momoka Suwama
A photographer and videographer based in Honolulu. Just before moving to Hawaii, she visited JIYUCHO, wrote a letter to her future self, and attended Shohei Koyama's poetry exhibition. The following week, she left for Hawaii. Several years later, she and Koyama met again when he visited Hawaii. She now spends her days in and around Honolulu photographing families and weddings, walking dogs, eating ice cream, and taking it slow with her beloved dog.
Poem
Shohei Koyama
A poet based in Tokyo. When he traveled to Honolulu for a close friend's wedding, he decided to make the most of the trip and stayed for nearly two weeks. He made new friends at a guesthouse, gazed at the calm sea, and fell in love with the pace of life in the coastal city, returning from time to time ever since. The idea for a correspondence through photographs and poetry grew out of a lunch with Momoka in Honolulu.