This time, Tomomichi Nakamura’s photo series “A Home for the Hermit Crab” was selected by Caroline Hunter of The Saturday Guardian (UK) and received the top prize, Jurors’ Pick, at the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2023. As a result, he has been selected as one of the eight emerging talents worldwide. Thank you very much.
Evaluation by Caroline Hunter
Picture EditorThe Saturday Guardian Magazine
United Kingdom
I was drawn to the surreal, poetic nature of this series. The artist expresses the challenges of being neurodiverse in a neurotypical world through a number of seemingly random images – from still-life photos of fish and nail cuttings to a self-portrait of himself in the middle of the sea. Hermit crabs become metaphors that express his isolation and these are integrated into collages and cinematic narratives. It’s a bold, movingly honest and beautifully constructed photographic piece.
