Network "love" is very simple, but when you deeply understand, "love" is really not simple.
TW, a 70-year-old couple, filmed a group of nude photos. 45 years after their marriage by anniversary,
"it seems that we haven't had such a hug in a long time, and we haven't looked at each other so carefully in a long time."
Photographer Fangtang Tanaka and old husband and wife
Photographer Fangtang Tanaka, who was originally just an ordinary wedding photographer, named the group "Bye Tang" and wanted to interpret the purest look of love.
"when the outside, no clothes, no makeup, do you still love the other half unconditionally?"
perform formal bows by bride and groom in the old custom in China
My name is Fangtang Tanaka. I'm a photographer. I've taken wedding photos for many newcomers.
Three years ago, a couple of newcomers came, and they suddenly said, or else we'll shoot nude photos, and I'll start thinking about "worship".
The initial idea was to take pictures of a group of young people and a group of elderly people, and I wanted to present the changes in the marital relationship between the couple from young to old, so I had designed the pose to be taken by both groups of people, and I would demonstrate a few moves. Ask them to set them up.
The title of the work is "worship Hall," and there will be couples kneeling on their knees. But when young couples knelt down, I asked them to turn their backs on their backs. What I want to present is that even if young couples marry because of love, there may still be a lot of places. Need to run-in, need to understand, a lot of places are different, so will be back-to-back.
And when old, after years of baptism, long experience, slowly understand to include, understand each other, so they become face-to-face kneeling worship, this is a very rare love.
This group of works took more than three years to complete, after the young couple finished, have not found the old couple willing to co-shoot, after all, should be completely naked, for the older generation, they are more conservative, will not accept.
Grandpa took a picture of Grandma in daily clothes.
Until this year, through the introduction of friends, I met Grandpa Huang Yizhang and Grandma Chen Huimei. Grandpa 74 is an architect, grandma 70 is a housewife, usually like painting.
They have been married for 45 years, and their relationship is very good. Grandma is a beautiful person. She has to be dressed and dressed every day. Then Grandpa will take pictures of her, Grandma has a fan group, and often updates the photos.
In fact, at first we were worried that Grandpa was more difficult to persuade, but instead he agreed first. Grandpa said that he was an architect, but he seemed to have moved others through his life without architecture, so he hoped that through this creation, he would like to be able to do so. Bring others moved, Grandma see Grandpa promise, also agreed.
When shooting, we will ask grandparents to wear bathrobes first, to take off when shooting, we were also helping grandma prepare breast stickers, the result grandma said, "No, all this age, dare to promise you to shoot, you will not care about these."
Grandparents face-to-face this photo, they all smiled, said, as if they had not looked at each other so seriously in a long time, 70s they, the flesh has relaxed, this moment they suddenly realized that each other is really old.
In fact, grandma is very concerned about the scar on her thigh, she used to open a knife, after all, the girl will still be very concerned about the appearance, so she has always told me not to shoot, told me to go back to repair, but Grandpa said at this time, can not repair, It was part of Grandma's body, and he thought it was beautiful.
Grandpa and Grandma's grandson also came on the same day, and half of the picture suddenly came. In fact, as Grandpa said, people were born without clothes, why did they care when they grew up?
On the way home, Grandma suddenly sighed, "We really haven't hugged for a long time." I was very moved to hear this, and it was all worth it.
I miss old things, like to observe the elderly, their temperament, they do not have, they have experienced a lot of things, from their eyes and appearance, you can feel something.
Even though it would be controversial to present my understanding of love with the old man's nude photos, I would like to express it.
I grew up in the fields in the platform, is a very simple town, since I have memories, look at my grandparents, they quarrel all day, but very kind love, I know that in fact this kind of love is very valuable, because love, So will go to overcome everything, will not easily separate.
Later, I became a photographer, in the process of photographing lovers, wedding dress, will let me know more, because in modern society, including many friends around me divorced, single parent, let me feel that a couple to walk such a long-term, it is not an easy thing.