The Spiritual Photography of Masao Yamamoto

Japanese photographer Masao Yamamoto rarely gives titles to his photographs. Most are numbered for identification purposes and that is all. There is only the photography, and the context in which we experience it. The photograph above is known only as #1275. It’s from Yamamoto’s series ‘Nakazora’. The word nakazora derives from Buddhism and describes varied states of in-betweenness, emptiness, floating, a liminal zone between sky and earth “where the birds fly”, indecision. #1275 is a small, exquisite photograph of a snow monkey sitting chest-deep in a hot spring. Around her is empty space, with only a few subtle ripples and her reflection to suggest the water. <a href="https://medium.com/photocurious/the-spiritual-photography-of-masao-yamamoto-48215154cd54">Click Here</a>