Introduction

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故・村井修氏（写真家／1928-2016）は、戦後70年にわたって日本国内外の歴史的変遷を撮り続けました。その対象と関心は著名な建築・彫刻作品にとどまることなく、生活、文化、民族、信仰や祭礼、地理や季節の移り変わりへ鋭敏に向けられます。膨大な数のフィルムや写真は氏の眼差しの痕跡であると同時に、個人を離れた共通の「記憶」として時代を越えてゆくことでしょう。本サイトは、故人の遺志に基づいて氏の作品・資料を保存・継承し、作品を通した新たな出逢いに向けて遺構を整備することを目的としています。


In photographs taken over the span of seventy years of postwar history, the late Osamu Murai (1928-2016) documented the immense changes occurring both in Japan and abroad. His subjects and interests stretched beyond prominent works of architecture and sculpture to include also everyday life, culture, ethnic groups, religious rituals, and festivals as well as the subtle changes in topography and nature’s seasons. The countless rolls of film and photographic images he has left behind are a record of his individual vision and, simultaneously, a communal “memory” that transcends his particular place in time. The goal of this website is to preserve and transmit to future generations his photographic art and related materials in a manner true to his vision; it is intended to lay the foundations of a structure whereby his work will be encountered anew.