Hanako MURAKAMI is an artist whose work explores the early history of photography and the act of seeing. Using experimental processes with historical materials and printing techniques, she creates images that blur the boundary between reality and memory. Her practice intertwines time, light, and remembrance, reflecting on how images are created and how they shape perception.
Working from her garden in Le Perche, Murakami collects plants — geranium, herb-Robert, chervil, jacaranda — and presses them into copper or glass, letting their forms lead the process. Each imprint becomes more than an image: it marks an encounter — a quiet dialogue between hand and stem, leaf and surface. The plant emerges as a presence to be welcomed. Through texture, breath, and delicate contours, the living world approaches. What unfolds is a relationship — intimate, attentive, and full of life.
