The Position of Zero-horizon Photographic Fine Art — Between the Limit and the Horizon

So-called photographic fine art is one domain of art expressed through the medium of photography.Within this field, works and their creators are framed and defined by human desires—the pursuit of recognition, social validation, and institutional legitimacy—all of which together constitute what is called “art.”In this sense, photographic fine art belongs to the internal structure of the art system,existing as part of a cultural apparatus founded upon evaluation, circulation, and recognition.

In contrast, Zero-horizon is grounded in the philosophy of Marginal Art,which lies beyond that system’s periphery.Marginal Art departs from the central institutions of art to explore the boundary between being and non-being,the origin from which all creation emerges.Zero-horizon takes as its principle the horizon that arises along this boundary and places at its center the concept of “zero.”

Here, “zero” does not mean mere “nothingness.”Rather, it signifies that which is infinitely close to nothingness yet still faintly exists—a threshold of being that appears precisely at the moment when existence begins to fade.It is the subtle source of yuragi,the fluctuation through which the world continues to breathe and transform.

Yuragi is the rhythm of phenomena arising between order and chaos,between stillness and movement.It cannot be fixed, yet it can undeniably be felt.This trembling of perception is the very origin of what Japanese aesthetics has long called mono no aware—the sensitivity through which human beings share in the breathing of the world.

Therefore, Zero-horizon Photographic Fine Art is an apparatus for experiencing　this yuragi or mono no aware through the medium of photography.It is not a system of technique designed merely to present expression as artwork,but rather a perceptual system through which the world reflects itself.The photographer, in this sense, is not a producer but a facilitator—one who prepares the space for resonance.

Photography becomes art here not through intention or evaluation,but through the act of witnessing the moment when phenomena reveal themselves.Zero-horizon Photographic Fine Art thus stands as an artistic horizon,a place of quiet reception for the breath of the world—the yuragi that rises at the threshold between nothingness and existence.