"All The Fading Words" traces the contours of presence to reveal the traces of absence, gathering fragments of untold stories drifting through the streets of Madrid. Rooted in a sensibility inspired by the aesthetics of haiku — a poetic tradition from my home country, Japan — the book cultivates a gaze attuned to what lingers between presence and absence.Many of the works focus on train stations, drawn to places where countless anonymous stories briefly converge and fade.My lens traces what vanishes yet quietly remains. The book also includes an inspiring text by filmmaker Arantxa Aguirre.
Asako Naruto is a Japanese photographer based in Madrid, trained in design at Musashino Art University and art history at Nagoya University. Her work explores traces of absence and untold urban stories, including a Madrid train-station series and playful work using prisms and split diopters. Since 2022 she has won consecutive Grand Prix awards, including the Paris International Street Photo Awards and B&W International Awards, plus recognition from All About Photo Awards 2026, juried by Steve McCurry. Her first photobook, All the Fading Words, was published by Snap Collective, Denmark, 2025.
