10-11 Sat. – 10.26 Sun., 2025
PAGIC Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Joji Shimamoto.
Widely known as a photographer with a devoted following in skateboarding and mural culture, Shimamoto’s practice reveals many different facets. Among them, the element of travel serves as a vital axis—perhaps even the very foundation—of his artistic vision.
The true flavor of the “moments” he captures lies in their fleeting vibrancy: the pulse and allure of an instant that dazzles before quickly slipping away. On his journeys, chance and encounter converge around him as if guided by fate, crystallizing into dramatic fragments of everyday life.
The landscapes and scenes he has witnessed during his travels unfold with striking intensity inside the intimate white cube of Hatsudai. We warmly invite you to experience them.
I love traveling in search of worlds yet unseen.
In the Philippines, Vietnam, and India, the everyday life I encountered was unlike my own stimulating, and filled with new perspectives.
It might be a fleeting light, an unguarded expression, or a trace carved into the city. The camera acts as a guide to these “other sights,” leading us beyond the surface of the familiar.
This exhibition shares images captured in those travels and urban moments, inviting you to experience what it means to be guided without intention, yet led to another sight seen.
Within each fleeting moment lies an infinity of stories.
Perhaps one of them will add a subtle color, or spark a new awareness, within your own journey.Joji Shimamoto
Artist
Joji SHimamoto
Studied photography in high school and graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Department of Photography, in 2007. Since then, he has organized and presented numerous photography exhibitions. His works evoke the atmosphere of a place and the passage of time, awakening the sensibilities of those who encounter them.