太古より海の神様ワダツミに見守られ、厳しさの中その恵みに感謝し営まれてきた漁業。
自然へのおそれとともに懸命に働く漁師たち。
２０１０年から日本独自の空気を感じる漁港と人びとを撮り続けてきました。
昨今ではコンクリートの船着場が目立ちますが、いにしえから培われてきた素朴で味わい深く美しい光景はまだまだ残っており、そこに立つと深い感動を覚えます。
ラプソディーには「自由な形式で民族的な内容を表現した楽曲」という意味がありますが、
わたしは写真で、日本の漁港にある豊かな光景と人々の力強さを奏でて行こうと思います。
２０１１年の津波から立ち直りゆく漁港と日本の漁業の将来を祈りながら。

From ancient times in Japan, there is a legendary god of the sea called Wadatsumi who watches over and protects fishermen.
Japanese fishermen have been plying their trade in the sometimes treacherous seas around Japan for centuries, praying to Wadatsumi for protection.
In an attempt to record the people and places that make up the Japanese fishing industry, I have been photographing fishing ports in Japan since ２０１０.
Nowadays many ports are full of concrete, but there are still many beautiful old ports that remain, and it is these that have most impressed me on my travels around the country.
I have called my series of photos “Rhapsody” as I have sought to convey the beauty of the Japanese ports and the intense feelings they inspire in me.
I want to document the lives of Japan’s fishermen as they struggle to survive in an industry hard hit by the tsunami of ２０１１.
Translation:George Wallace