Date
8月 13, 2026
Category
EXHIBITION, PhotographyPHOTO EXHIBITION
俳優、タレントらのイメージビジュアルを数多く手掛けている古田亘氏。広告やテレビ番組、映画、舞台などに関わるスチール写真では、被写体の本質を描き伝えるだけでなく、役柄の美の演出まで担える創造的な伴走者として高い評価を受けています。
本展は、ひとりの俳優を追い続けた古田氏の未公開ポートレートシリーズを披露するものです。俳優の名は、玉城裕規。2010年に俳優デビューすると「弱虫ペダル」「海峡の光」「刀剣乱舞」など多くの熱狂的なファンを惹きつけた舞台ドラマ、時代を画する傑作における主要な役柄を、比類のない鮮やかな表現力で演じて高い評価を受けてきました。映画やテレビドラマの分野でも幅広い役柄に挑戦し、その進境を印象づけています。
ポートレート制作を最も大切にしているという古田氏は、「メサイア」「大悲」「HELI-X」シリーズといった人気舞台の宣材やカレンダー撮影を通して継続的に玉城氏と接点を持ち続ける中で、「独特な気配」にとりわけ深く魅了されてきたひとりです。「その気配は危険で、湿気があり、透明感があり気品がある。一流の表現者が持つ尊厳と、その中に潜む毒を追いかけたい」と、仕事か否かを問わず様々な場でファインダーを向け続けてきました。
本展ではそれらの膨大なアーカイブの中から、特に選び抜いたプリントを公開いたします。作家・恒川光太郎の「気配」を題材にした短編小説の名前からタイトルを引きました。独自の軌跡を走り続けることで時代を体現してきた玉城氏のオーラを、舞台の袖や撮影現場の裏側で雄弁に描きとめたモノクローム世界は、近来稀なほど力強いプリント群に仕上がっています。 「ダークで懐かしく優しい、孤独な風のような彼を感じて欲しい」と古田氏は言います。
「KEMONOHARA」は玉城氏とのコラボレーションが実現した最初の写真シリーズであり、本展で初の単独公開となるものです。額装プリント10点を展示・販売いたします。
写真展 [古田 亘 KEMONOHARA －玉城裕規－]
【開催時間】2026 8/19～9/13
【会場】代官山 SPEAK FOR WALL
Photographer Wataru Furuta is widely recognized for creating key visual imagery for actors, performers, and public figures. Through his work in advertising, television, film, and theatre, he has earned a reputation not only for capturing the essence of his subjects but also for shaping the visual identity of the characters they portray.
This exhibition presents Furuta’s previously unseen portrait series dedicated to a single actor: Yuki Tamaki. Since making his acting debut in 2010, Tamaki has received widespread acclaim for his remarkable performances in numerous stage productions, including Yowamushi Pedal, Kaikyō no Hikari (The Light of the Strait), and Touken Ranbu, as well as for his work in film and television. His exceptional expressive range has established him as one of the most distinctive actors of his generation.
Portraiture has always been at the heart of Furuta’s photographic practice. Having collaborated with Tamaki over many years on promotional photography and calendars for popular stage productions such as the Messiah, Daihi, and HELI-X series, Furuta became increasingly fascinated by what he describes as the actor’s unique “presence.”
“His presence is dangerous, humid, transparent, and elegant all at once. I wanted to pursue the dignity possessed by a truly exceptional performer, together with the subtle poison hidden beneath it.”
Driven by this fascination, Furuta continued photographing Tamaki both during professional assignments and in more personal moments, gradually building an extensive archive.
From this archive, the exhibition presents a carefully selected group of monochrome prints. The exhibition title, KEMONOHARA, is borrowed from a short story by the Japanese novelist Kotaro Tsunekawa, whose work explores the mysterious notion of kehai—an intangible sense of presence or atmosphere.
The resulting photographs portray Tamaki not on stage, but in the liminal spaces surrounding performance—backstage, between rehearsals, and in moments of quiet transition. Together they form a powerful body of monochrome work that captures the aura of an actor whose singular path has come to embody the spirit of his era.
Furuta says:
“I hope viewers will encounter someone who is dark, nostalgic, gentle, and solitary—like the wind.”
KEMONOHARA is the first photographic series created through the collaboration between Wataru Furuta and Yuki Tamaki, and this exhibition marks its first public presentation. Ten framed prints will be exhibited and available for purchase.