青い声(The Blue Voices)
Richard(Ruiqi) Huang
The Blue Voices documents a 1,250-mile journey across Japan, from Hokkaido to Osaka, exploring the nation’s unresolved tensions between tradition and modernity, collective harmony and personal repression. Through landscapes, street scenes, and intimate still lifes, the work examines the quiet contradictions of contemporary Japan—where economic stagnation, environmental crises, and cultural unease linger beneath a surface of orderly resilience.
The title “青い声” ("Blue Voices") alludes to the muted yet persistent expressions of a society grappling with its identity: the hesitant confessions of Fukushima residents, the unspoken fatigue of the salarymen, and the fleeting warmth of shared stories in izakayas.
“青” (Blue)—a colour symbolizing both disaster and primordial creation in Japanese myth—becomes a metaphor for these layered realities.
A dedicated landscape and documentary photographer, Richard Huang specializes in capturing the ephemeral interplay of light, form, and narrative within wilderness environments. His practice merges artistic vision with documentary, employing both medium format and digital techniques to document narratives. Currently based in London, maintains an ongoing exploration of remote landscapes, approaching each subject with technical precision and profound respect for the natural world. His work emphasizes the intersection of aesthetic composition and environmental storytelling, revealing the hidden dialogues between humanity and untouched terrain.
Sherin in Snow
Japan Coffee shop
Light down from the top
Mt Fuji
They Were Here 2011
This is a mean to be a trip
