Seeing the light

Sato Tokihiro's landscape photographs can just as easily be described as mindscapes. They have an emotional appeal disconnected from the subject matter and are hard to pin down.

For instance, a stationary bulldozer fills the frame, with nothing but tracks in the foreground and distant city lights in the background.

It's an unremarkable subject, but is invested with meaning by Tokihiro's signature squiggles that look a little like fairy lights.