Ikimono(生き物) is named after Ikebana(生け花).
Ikebana is from the Japanese, "Ikeru" which means keeping alive and "Bana" means flowers.
Flowers is put in a container with the water. Ikebana is considered as one of art forms and as the way of giving life to flowers which was once cut off, inspiring viewers to see the beauty of nature and respect to nature.

On this series, I combines foods and a stem, then put it in a container to express beauty of foods and respect to nature.

Ikimono(生き物): "Giving life to Foods"

This series of images are from my Food Art Photography projects.
Since majoring in food science at the University of Tokyo in 2009, Yuichi Nishihata developed a strong interest in food. While working as a chef after university, Nishihata noticed how much food was being thrown away at the end of his shift and thought deeply about food consumption and how he could show this as a visual statement. His images are based on this – the juxtaposition between natural food stuffs and what Nishihata calls the “super quick mass consumption age”. All his work is based on the coexistence and relationship between nature and human beings. Text by Helen Grace Ventura Thompson From “Feature Shoot”

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