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  River

  This work is a photo tracing work based on photos taken in Nakano, Tokyo in 2018. The work is filled with motifs often featured in Yunagi's works: rain, bridges, and buildings. この作品は、2018年に東京都中野区で撮影した写真をベースにした写真トレース作品です。雨、橋、ビル群という夕凪作品でよく取り上げるモチーフが詰め込まれた作品になっています。

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  NightCruising(2024)

  The work “Night Cruising” is a photo tres work based on photos taken in Sennichimae, Chuo-ku, Osaka in 2019. This Sennichimae location is a charming downtown area in the southern part of Osaka City with miscellaneous neon signs and restaurants, and this was the first time I tried to depict crowds in this work, which I usually do not depict. 作品「ナイトクルージング」は2019年に大阪市中央区千日前で撮影した写真をベースにした写真トレス作品です。 この千日前という場所は、大阪市南部の繁華街で、雑多なネオンサインや飲食店が立ち並ぶ魅力的な場所で、今回の作品には、普段は描き込んだことがない群衆も描いてみた初めての作品となりました。

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  yunagi(夕凪)

  This work is a photo tracing work based on photographs taken in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture in September 2024. It is also a slightly special work named after my creator name, “Yunagi. The setting is a ship repair dock in a corner of the harbor in the town where I was born and raised. 2024 saw many earthquakes in Japan, reminding me once again that this town where I live will also be hit by a huge earthquake in the not too distant future. Against this backdrop, I decided to create this work to capture the beautiful sunset scenery of early September, when the smell of midsummer had not yet left the air. Yunagi” means evening calm in English, a phenomenon that occurs mainly in the southwestern region of Japan on the evening of a clear day in midsummer.

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  Wild

  I was a wildman. At 23 yrs. old, I was spontaneous and reckless. A few years before this photo was taken, I got into a nasty bar fight after my first girlfriend broke up with me after 2 years. Most of the damage was done to myself by myself. I was out partying with my hip-hop crew at the time, Da Hillz Entertainment, to get my mind off the breakup. We started off a Traditions, a dive bar near St. John's University in Queens. We had a great night of drinking and smoking, and on are way back we decided to stop by a local Irish bar near Richmond Hill for more despite being completely hammered already. We ordered beer and went to the back of the bar where they had a pool table. There were some fellas in there kickin' it, and the vibe seemed right at the beginning. One of 'em said they were selling bud so I went into the bathroom with him to check it out (listen, weed was still very illegal back then and we weren't taking chances). So he pulls out this microscopic dime bag of dro and I'm instantly like, "Nah man, I'm good". As soon as we leave the bathroom, his boys were starting to argue with my peoples. Being the drunk idiot that I am, I walk right up to there dude to try to reason with him but they were all coked the fuck up. Before I know it, they started swingin' and I'm pretty sure I got hit with a pool stick because I had to get a couple staples in my head later at the hospital. But the fun didn't end there. After some fists were exchanged, my boys dragged me out of there as I was raving mad, promising to kill each of those fools. Outside the bar, I stupidly took my anger out on the front window with what had to be like a Samoan chop that shattered the window and left a deep cut in my left hand. I was bleeding profusely, but I didn't think the damage was too severe so we went back to my boy's crib. I took my bloody white hoodie off, along with my other crimsoned clothing, then hopped in the shower. After rinsing the blood off, I could tell this wasn't something that was gonna heal on its own so I had my boy drive me to the hospital. I waited in the trauma ward for 11 hours before finally getting stitched up. I had to wear a cast for months, plus shades to cover my black eye. I remember also suffering from really bad allergies and just looking like an absolute mess in class. I've had several similar incidences throughout my 20s, particularly involving excessive drinking. I was an impulsive character and a danger to myself. These aren't the fondest memories for me, but they were important lessons that helped me grow and mature. This photo symbolizes the wildness and spontaneity that characterized my persona.