Lost Name

• Photographer
  Asako Naruto
• Photo Date
  2024

My series, LOST NAME is about the deprivation of "personal names" as ephemeral symbols. The series uses a Split Diopter to obscure the image of person whom we won’t actually see. The SNS where anonymity is easily associated with violence against real names, and the "POWER" to take away individual names in an instant by considering people as a nameless collective,etc.They can all be interpreted in the context of the ephemeral nature of individual names.In this series, I have expressed the anxiety I feel through photography.

A Japanese photographer based in Madrid. She studied design at Musashino Art University and completed doctoral studies in art history at Nagoya University. Her work explores traces of absence and hidden urban narratives, capturing subtle emotional resonances through a contemplative yet incisive gaze. Noted for her Madrid train-station series and experimental use of prisms and split diopters, she examines the fragility between presence and disappearance. She has received international recognition, including the Grand Prix at the Paris International Street Photo Awards and consecutive B&W Intern