Rikitake has spoken obliquely about the series as an exploration of mono no aware —the Japanese awareness of impermanence. But unlike traditional wabi-sabi aesthetics that find beauty in decay, Portraits of Jennie finds beauty in evanescence itself . The photographs do not mourn a lost person; they mourn the act of losing . Jennie is less a woman than a function of memory: she exists because you cannot quite hold her.
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While there isn't a widely recognized project titled "Portraits of Jennie" by photographer Yasushi Rikitake , he is well-known for his vintage Japanese idol photography from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It’s possible you’re thinking of his work featuring legendary idols like or similar "bishoujo" (beautiful girl) portrait series. Rikitake has spoken obliquely about the series as