KITSUNE

As a silk curtain that blurs the reality between the world of the living and the dead, light cuts the image and represents phantasmagorias that make us imagine the union of these worlds.

Kitsune is a mischievous spirit, a natural deity represented as a fox, who, with its shapeshifting abilities, can transform into a woman who wanders the nights; once through the wastelands, now through the streets of cities.

In ultra-modern Japan, we can see a contrasting world, where temples are skyscrapers, paper lanterns are neon lights, and fog is smoke… but the legends persist, the spiritual endures, and where there were once trees and now stand buildings, there will always be “Kitsunes” strolling alone in search of their Ono.

In this project, I follow one of the legends of Kitsune throughout a small journey in Japan, where I was able to discover how tradition and modernity intertwine and coexist.

In these photographs, I attempt to reflect that duality in a personal way. I juxtapose the spirituality of the forests, with their mysterious light, against the bustling streets filled with neon signs. I feel the temples in the midst of megacities as small oases within the chaos.

I sought Kitsune in the solitary female figures walking in train stations, towns, or nocturnal cities. I saw in them spirits wandering in the world of the living.

“No matter what you’ve seen before, Japan is a different planet,” I was warned. And they were right. From our arrival to the moment of farewell, it was a continuous surprise.