Traces of Transmission

• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art/Still Life
• Photographer
  Tetsuji Yoshida, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  2019
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/tetsuji_yoshida/

This series explores the physical traces of human efforts to record, preserve, and transmit memory through objects.

Books, wax cylinders, film containers, and mechanical tools—shaped by use over time—embody fragments of lived experience. Isolated within a neutral white space, their original functions recede, allowing surface details such as scratches, patina, and wear to emerge as quiet evidence of human presence.

Though encountered in a foreign context, these objects evoke a sense of familiarity that transcends cultural boundaries. They suggest that mem