Kazumasa Harada: The Meeting of Two Eyes
The Meeting of Two Eyes is part of Kazumasa Harada’s ongoing attempt to observe and contemplate the concept of time through photography.
Fragments of time, illuminated by the sun as it rises in a continuous sequence across every corner of the earth, appear before our eyes, sometimes as physical events and sometimes as perceptual phenomena. Different moments intersect in countless layers, accumulating like sediment. Photography may be the only medium capable of revealing these overlapping cross sections of time and allowing the past and present to become visible within the same space.
For the past several years, Harada has continuously photographed and edited this body of work while staying in cities including Berlin, Paris, Vienna, New York, and Tokyo.
Drawing inspiration from the concept of Two Eyed Seeing as a guide for the editing process, he brings together time as perceived from two distinct perspectives, event and phenomenon. By weaving these viewpoints together, Harada reconstructs them as a single binocular experience of time and as a tangible material presence.
Photography thus becomes a way of examining time not as a linear progression, but as a layered structure in which different moments, places, events, and perceptions remain in constant dialogue.
About the Author
Kazumasa Harada was born in Tokyo in 1992 and graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts at Musashino Art University. Alongside his work as a commercial photographer, he continues to develop his artistic practice through exhibitions and the production of photobooks. Harada’s photography is defined by a refined understanding of light and shadow. Through the subtle relationship between brightness and darkness, he creates carefully balanced compositions in which colour, atmosphere, and form emerge with particular intensity. From an early age, Harada developed a strong sensitivity to the hidden beauty of his surroundings. He partly attributes this awareness to growing up alongside his twin sister. Their relationship has influenced him on many levels, contributing to the development of his identity and sense of individuality, as well as to the way he observes and interprets the world through photography.
His first photobook, Water Memory, was published in 2020, followed by Obscure Fruits in 2021, My Origin Photographs in 2024, and An Anticipation Number 2, published by Applause in 2025.
Following artist residencies in Berlin in 2023 and 2024, Harada moved his professional base to the city in September 2025.









