Matsuo Basho’s haiku, “An old pond; / A frog jumps in— / The sound of water”, merges outer reality with inner stillness through kire (cutting) and ma (pause). This sensibility informs my process: arranging flowers, I reflect on time, space, and nature’s silent poetry. In photography, boundaries between flowers and water, snow, or soil act as visual kire. Backlighting creates margins that suggest stillness and transition. Like a haiku, my images offer quiet spaces where viewers engage in personal reflection beyond what is seen.
Keiichiro Muramatsu was born in 1972 in Shizuoka, Japan. He attended a Focal Point professional photography course in Vancouver in 2001-2002. After returning to Japan, he founded The Fourth Avenue Studio in Hamamatsu in 2008, focusing primarily on portrait photography. In 2013, Muramatsu began practicing Nageire—a freeform style of ikebana—and incorporated its sensibility into his photographic work, marking the renewal of his artistic practice. His photographs are held in private and corporate collections in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and other countries worldwide.
