Hitoshi Fugo Japanese, b. 1947

Hitoshi Fugo , a Japanese photographer, alludes to the celestial heartbreak of the story of Tanabata within his photograph, On the Circle 21, in which a young woman wrapped in stars, similarly to a lonesome constellation, hunches upon the Circle that Fugo photographs upon. On the Circle refers to a circle of concrete that Fugo stages various subjects and scenes, from generational portraits to nature’s changing seasons; On the Circle 21 strikes me as a darker interpretation of the Tanabata love story. July 7 marks the day colorful strips of...