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Masato Seto
濑户正人 · 瀬戸正人
Facts
- Life
- born 10 December 1953
- Nationality
- Japanese
Awards
Style, as we read it
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Born in Thailand to a Japanese father, he photographs people between places. Living Room, Tokyo (1996) visited Asian immigrants in their small apartments; Picnic (2006) sat with couples on park lawns at a respectful distance, the city soft behind them.
- Colour
- Mostly colour, natural and calm; black and white for the rooms.
- Composition
- Figures centred at middle distance, surroundings included.
- Light
- Daylight on grass, dim apartment light.
- Tone
- Medium-low contrast, soft.
- Texture
- Medium format, gentle.
- Mood
- Respectful, quiet, slightly lonely.
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