Light and Shadow
Light and Shadow
In Erick’s work, light is never isolated from shadow.
They exist as a single structure of perception.
Shadow is not treated as absence, but as substance.
It slows visibility and alters the rhythm of seeing.
The darkness in these images carries density — not emptiness.
It suggests that what is partially concealed may hold greater presence than what is fully exposed.
This approach resonates with the aesthetic articulated by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows, where beauty emerges through gradation rather than clarity, and depth is formed through restraint.
In these photographs, shadow is not the opposite of light.
It is the condition that makes light perceptible.
— Curated by Mariko
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