Hana’s Visual Poetry
My photography is not about the pursuit of a beautiful image.
What moves me are the quiet, almost invisible moments in which something happens –
a touch of light on a leaf,
a barely perceptible movement,
a space in between that suddenly comes alive.
From this attitude, Hana’s visual poetry emerges.
Photography as a Quiet Occurrence
When I photograph, it’s not about capturing something — rather, I become part of what is unfolding. I enter into it, become quiet, and look with what is happening.
It wasn’t always like this.
After years in classical photography, I lost what had once carried me: the fascination, the intuitive approach, the beginner’s mind. Caught up in technique, composition, and perfection, photography gradually became a controlled act — driven by the need to meet expectations.
Looking through the lens of a smartphone — far from technical control and compositional rules — a new space opened:
Photography became a sensual experience — seeing, listening, sensing in passing.
Through conscious reduction to the essential, inspired by Japanese aesthetics, this new gaze deepens — returning to a quieter, freer way of photographing.
Today, my images are not the result of planning or staging, but arise from an encounter with the moment. They are not depictions, not object photography, but resonances of light, space, and time. A trace of impermanence, a shimmer of life — captured not as possession, but as a fleeting touch.
The attitude with which I photograph today also has its roots in my earlier practice of Japanese martial arts — that quiet path of discipline, where clarity, reduction, and presence become essence.
It is the same inner movement that leads me to the camera now: becoming empty, listening, being one with the moment — and not holding it, but letting it unfold.
My photography is a quiet homage to the poetry of the moment.
A selection of my works can also be seen on the international platform for contemporary art: Hana’s Light Poetry on ArtConnect.