Many of Satoki Nagata’s images might seem to be multiple exposures or to have been manipulated in postproduction, but all are single exposures of Chicago’s nighttime. Trying to figure out a workaround for the city’s dark winter months, Nagata experimented with flash photography. When combined with lower shutter speed, this technique, which he uses in his series “Lights in Chicago,” creates ethereal photographs that appear to be layered.
Eventually, you will find how to show your inner visual voice in your photograph. Like every person has his or her own personality, every photographer has a unique visual voice. All one must do is find it from inside, and, then show the world your voice in your own way.
These images reflect what I found at this place and time amongst these people. I think many people, me included, find themselves in difficult circumstances in the current state of society. I realized through this work that we have seen desperation and violence in our own lives, regardless of which community we call home. The viewer may come to different conclusions from these images, but that is what I think a good photograph accomplishes; it opens a dialogue with the viewer.
