I first saw Butoh depicted in incredible books by Eikoh Hosoe, Daido Moriyama and William Klein. I was instantly hooked. But no one seems to shoot it in colour, so I thought I’d give it a go. ‘Butoh, a Japanese dance-theatre art form characterised by slow and expressive dance moves, was born of the creative and existential void left by World War II. Diving into the depths of the individual, the practice unearths buried emotions and translates them into movement. It honours the full range of the human experience, including absurdity, beauty, and suffering. ;’ ⁠ For @atmos Volume 10: Afterlife. Thank you to all the team at @Atmos for getting me over there and giving me all the space and time for this. @willowonearth @jakesarge @tessaforrest @anameizing ⁠ @jmcneiljoyce @hello_hinoki and I have been talking about this project for years since we met on Kagoshima Island. Without him, this would not have happened. 
Special thanks to @grainpostproduction all the post-production - stills and video. Video edited by @krystianlupinski 
 Choreography & Direction @norihito_ishii Talent @temmetsu @kk_sinsoseek_ , @fhiroyoshino , @gan31213 , @yu_sukekawabata , @norihito_ishii Production @jmcneiljoyce @alexandra__108 / @hello_hinoki and @minititleltd Production Manager @kenji_b23 and @methc1 Casting @takaresaka Photography Assistant @hobsonhobsonhobson Production Assistant @joshuahelius Photographer Agent @kate_clarence / @minititleltd⁠
Processing: @labyrinth_cos Oshima Island Coordinator: Takahiro Sat