I bought a high-spec compact camera to use on a recent trip to Japan, but by day two, I was using my iPhone. It took time to understand how I was 'seeing' Japan. It wasn't just the people, the architecture, the narrow backstreets punctuated by ancient shrines and small restaurants; it was all of these. But the single image wasn't enough. As I moved around, I pointed my camera (in Panorama format) to the side and allowed the places to present themselves to me rather than looking for a single subject to photograph. The Panorama format works by collating several images together in one photograph. It's as if the elements captured in a short video were randomly assembled in a picture.

 I had found a way to 'realise' how I saw Japan through a camera. I didn't see it in a single, linear form. I saw it as a collection of disjointed scenes, fragments randomly gathered on the image. The buildings, people, and temples blended, stretched, sliced, duplicated, and condensed. The final colours are bold. The texture is shiny and has a synthetic plastic appearance of freshly minted kaleidoscopic images, experiences and memories of Japan.

If you are using a mobile device, please turn it horizontally. Thank you.