TCF Ep. 495 - Eiji Ohashi

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Hokkaido-born and based photographer Eiji Ohashi (b. 1955, Japan) has been photographing Roadside Lights, a typology of vending machines across various cities and landscapes in Japan for years. Artist Statement on the series 'Roadside Lights': As dusk approaches, roadside vending machines light up in cities and in the outskirts. These scenes of vending machines, ordinarily standing on the roadside, are particular to Japan. The vending machines downtown or in the wilderness, placed to stand in solitude, are an image of loneliness. They work tirelessly, whether it is day or night. But once their sales drop, they are taken away. If they do not glow and shine, they will stop existing. There might be something human about them.’ Ohashi won awards such as NIKATEN, between 1991-2005 he won these four 5 times, also won 11 times the JPS Award between 1990-2005. In 2016 the Moscow international photo awards. In 2017 he won the Photo-eye Best Books and was in the Top50 Critical Mass. After he won the Higashikawa International Photo Festival Special Photographer Prize in 2018. Photographer Links: Education Resources: Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	Whenever I travel, whether for pleasure or work, I'm always hoping to conduct at least one interview.
0:14.4	So while planning my recent trip to Japan, I was offered several photographers to consider.
0:20.0	A.G. Ohashi's work immediately stood out to Maine.
0:23.8	His series on vending machines in Japan might seem an odd subject matter to spend a decade on,
0:30.0	until you see his images.
0:32.3	These machines that play an integral part in Japanese culture became unique characters unto themselves
0:39.2	as they stood isolated in urban and natural scenes.
0:43.6	As you'll hear, A.G. replies to my questions in his native language,
0:47.9	which is followed by a translation by my host in Japan, George Nebechi.
0:52.3	I've always wanted to interview non-English speakers for the show,
0:55.5	and I hope that the reaction to this episode holds the promise of many more to come in the future.
1:01.9	A special thanks goes to Yellow Cafe in Tokyo for providing us a space to conduct the interview.
1:08.3	This is IbarianX, and welcome back to The Candid Frame.
1:18.3	So how was your trip down from Hokkaido?
1:21.7	Yes, I came from Hokkaido and this is a very cold.
1:26.7	Really?
1:27.3	Yeah.
1:30.4	Every day falling snow.
1:34.5	Do you come down to Tokyo very much?
1:35.0	Yes.
1:36.5	I feel a good.
1:41.1	I had a good expression, a lot of.
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