Dimitri Maekawa
Photography

Japan, a land of wonder.
The building blocks of order, pulchritude, mindfulness, mutual respect, simplicity; the quest for the triumph of the essential, courtesy, devotion to work, creative audacity, attention to detail, discipline, freedom of the soul, integrity, honesty, resiliency, the harmonious integration between the inner space and the outside world, teamwork, patience, discretion, collaboration with the ephemeral and the relentless, dedication, sincerity, acknowledgement of past and future in the present time, dynamic serenity ... all of them interconnect randomly but precisely, individually and collectively, along the double helix of Nature and Beauty, similar to DNA, to produce the most extraordinary and advanced civilization on Planet Earth today ... civilization as a work of art.

In the words of my friend Laura: "The first world of the first world."