In his new body of works Hiroyuki Masuyama approaches the work of Caspar David Friedrich using the medium of photography. The Japanese concept artist H.M. whose work has always been based on a compilation of many images honours Caspar David Friedrich who as well did not paint landscapes in a realistic manner but composed them from several elements to create an idealistic site. H.M. located landscapes similar to the ones painted by Friedrich in the beginning of the 19th century and took around one thousand photos of each site. He then combined these photos to one mounted image by recreating the paintings in every detail, giving special attention to the pictorial atmosphere. Then the works were produced as lightboxes in the size of the original paintings.The Caspar David Friedrich series is an investigation about the work of the 19th century painter who is said to be the inventor of german romanticism. It is an approach for a better understanding of the german romantic soul.

After my many journeys around the world by plane, I decided to make a journey to the inner center of the world. I took hundreds of photographs in a stalactite cave in Spain and then combined these photos to create an image that also symbolise my inner self.

For us Japanese the blossoming season of the Magnolia tree and the Sakura cherry tree is very important. Thus I accompanied these trees for one year with my camera. I took one photo per day and then combined the photos, so that the images do not only show the blossoming, but also the appearance of the trees throughout the seasons.

During a tour through the alps, I took numerous pictures of various mountains. My imaginary mountain consists of 300 of those pictures, put together on the computer based on my memory and my archive.

During the course of one year, I photographed flowers in my environment, collecting 1500 different flower shots. By merging them, I created an imaginary meadow with different seasonal touches.

During these flights, I took one photo of the Earth through the window every twenty seconds.   Due to the plane´s motion, the camera "travelled" a couple of kilometers between each snap-shot. I later aligned the photographs on the computer, showing a panorama of the total distance of the journey.