A platform on the Cercanías line at Madrid's Atocha station. There are two times a day when the intense Spanish sunlight creates a spotlight through the skylight of the dimly lit concrete structure. This is my usual place to make photographs - people sitting on the platform listening to music at the edge of a small spotlight, people waiting for a train on the platform opposite reflected on a notice board, people on an arriving train. I wanted to dramatically represent a small moment of everyday life.
A Japanese photographer based in Madrid. She studied design at Musashino Art University and completed doctoral studies in art history at Nagoya University. Her work explores traces of absence and hidden urban narratives, capturing subtle emotional resonances through a contemplative yet incisive gaze. Noted for her Madrid train-station series and experimental use of prisms and split diopters, she examines the fragility between presence and disappearance. She has received international recognition, including the Grand Prix at the Paris International Street Photo Awards and consecutive B&W Intern