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Starting a Web Magazine to Meet the People I Want to Meet
Celeina: And you started a fashion web magazine ” building building” last year. Could you tell us how you started it?
Otsuji: I started it in earnest last April. People tend to think that it is easy for a fashion photographer to meet the people he/she wants to meet, but I can’t meet them unless I receive an offer, because my work is not done until I receive an offer. I really miss it when people I like pass in front of me, so to put it simply, I assume that I want to meet people I want to meet.
We also have a content called “BIRTHDAY GIRL” there, which was the first idea we came up with when we started the web magazine. Birthdays are very important and special days that occur only once a year, so I wanted to take birthday pictures. I thought that by using birthdays as a starting point, I could get to know more about the subjects inside, wondering how they were feeling on their birthdays. One of the reasons we started this project was to do that.
Takano: That’s a good concept.
Celeina: What kind of people do you want to photograph?
Otsuji: There are many, but I would like to photograph cute girls, cool girls, and people who are on the rise, but if I were greedy, I would like to photograph people who are out in the open, who touch my heartstrings. But I also want to photograph families, children, and friends. I guess I want to photograph people.
Celeina: Now, let’s have a song here. We asked Mr. Otsuji to choose a song he would like to listen to with everyone on the radio at this time. What song would it be?
Otsuji: It’s a memorable song that made me take the first step toward becoming a photographer. Since then, I always listen to this song at the right time. It is “Sasurai” by Tamio Okuda.
