I recently watched the film Casino Royale again.
Hard to believe it was made 19 years ago, given its quality and power:
the story, the cinematography, and the wild edge of Daniel Craig’s early Bond.
Eva is stunningly beautiful, her acting superb, and her voice wonderful. No wonder she is regarded as the greatest Bond girl of all time.

This April I had the opportunity to work with her,
she came to like my work,
and she kindly agreed to take part in an art piece.

This was photographed with her image on an acrylic panel together with a painting inspired by her new project,
and it is a photographic work with no compositing at all.

Do you remember how, during the pandemic, in restaurants and government offices,
we spoke to one another through acrylic panels
right in front of us?

The memory of the pandemic remained on transparent acrylic sheets as kotodama, the spirit of words.
Words that never became voice, traces of droplets, and emotional distance.
All of it dissolves, as layers, into a single photograph.

Her portrait and a painting depicting her new project were layered on acrylic and photographed as they were.
A real record of the “border”

This series is an attempt to visualize the invisible distance and barriers between people as physical, psychological, and emotional layers.