This volume in Naoya Hatakeyama’s Blast series centers on a photograph made at a limestone quarry during a controlled explosion, in which a bird appears by chance. Rocks and dust rise through the frame as the bird crosses the disturbed space, bringing natural life into contact with industrial force. The work considers time, material, record, and the relationship between human activity and landscape, and marks a shift toward narrative and emotional elements in Hatakeyama’s photographic practice.
