My picture with the M6: Deja Vu
My picture with the M6: Deja Vu
Sayuri Ichida
November 1, 2022
“In early 2016, I went on a day trip to a town in upstate New York. While walking around, I saw a big house that reminded me of a doll's house I used to play with when I was a small child in Japan. Much like when I was a child, I imagined the lives of people passing through this house; but now as an adult, I also imagined all of the past and future lives that would play out in it through time. I experienced a strong sense of deja vu that seemed to stretch from my own present moment toward both my past and my future. That experience inspired me to shoot this series. Following my trip to upstate New York, I used Google Maps to plan trips to other small towns near New York City, where I thought I would find similar houses. I only used my camera to capture those houses which I felt I had seen before.”
A portfolio with pictures by Sayuri Ichida appears in LFI issue 7/2019.
A portfolio with pictures by Sayuri Ichida appears in LFI issue 7/2019.
Text and picture: © Sayuri Ichida
EQUIPMENT: Leica M6 with Summicron-M 50 f/2 ASPH
Sayuri Ichida+-
...was born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1985. In 2006, after completing studies at the Tokyo Visual Arts College, she worked for three years as an assistant in the photo studio of Iino Media Pro in Tokyo. She moved to London in 2009 where she worked as a fashion photographer, and to New York in 2012 where she worked as a picture editor in the fashion industry. Since 2014, Ichida has dedicated an increasing amount of time to her own photographic projects. In 2016, she received the Japan Photo Award for her Deja Vu project, inspired by memories of a doll's house from her childhood. In 2018, her Mayu series was among the winners of the FotoFilmic18 Shortlist Show in Canada. More