We hope you remember your brilliant moment forever
---to Ryoko Hirosue
Ryoko Hirosue is a top star. That is clear at the time of 1998. All the television dramas that she appears on always get high audience ratings. Her song is a great hit, getting the 1st of the hit charts. And she was qualified for the annual ”Kohaku Utagassen”, that is an honor for Japanese singers. The most obvious sign of her popularity is the overwhelming support to her photogravres. Her expressions and movements warm the heart of anybody and encourage everybody. Why does she attract us so much? We believe this book has some keys to clear up the soure of her charm. We coverd her movements closely for 500 days from the end of 1996 to 1998, and took as many as 50,000 photographs. “No Make” is the photograph collection, including the carefully selected shots among them.
It was the distance between her and us that we paid close attention to, when we took photographs of her. We always tried to find a place not to make her notice us. We made efforts to keep a “proper” distance, neither too close not too far. In other words, we were there as the representative of her fan, and our viewpoint was that of “the observer” So “No Make” is a record by the “fixed point observation” for 500 days. It is full of her unconscious expressions. How will it change your image of her? We think you can enjoy it. And if the image never changes, she is undoubtedly “natural” anytime and anywhere, because we never set the standards such as excluding some of her expressions. So we are pleased if you feel “the whole Ryoko Hirosue.”
We can not deny, however, that the distance between her and us has become shorter since she noticed us, though we tried to keep the viewpoint. At first we were covered with confusion by the change, but the process was so natural. Neither we intended to nor took special steps for it. That was for her great nature; she becomes close to anybody. This book shows you will become friendly with her if only you spend your time with her as we did. We hope the book will make you feel that is the core of her charm.
---to Ryoko Hirosue
Ryoko Hirosue is a top star. That is clear at the time of 1998. All the television dramas that she appears on always get high audience ratings. Her song is a great hit, getting the 1st of the hit charts. And she was qualified for the annual ”Kohaku Utagassen”, that is an honor for Japanese singers. The most obvious sign of her popularity is the overwhelming support to her photogravres. Her expressions and movements warm the heart of anybody and encourage everybody. Why does she attract us so much? We believe this book has some keys to clear up the soure of her charm. We coverd her movements closely for 500 days from the end of 1996 to 1998, and took as many as 50,000 photographs. “No Make” is the photograph collection, including the carefully selected shots among them.
It was the distance between her and us that we paid close attention to, when we took photographs of her. We always tried to find a place not to make her notice us. We made efforts to keep a “proper” distance, neither too close not too far. In other words, we were there as the representative of her fan, and our viewpoint was that of “the observer” So “No Make” is a record by the “fixed point observation” for 500 days. It is full of her unconscious expressions. How will it change your image of her? We think you can enjoy it. And if the image never changes, she is undoubtedly “natural” anytime and anywhere, because we never set the standards such as excluding some of her expressions. So we are pleased if you feel “the whole Ryoko Hirosue.”
We can not deny, however, that the distance between her and us has become shorter since she noticed us, though we tried to keep the viewpoint. At first we were covered with confusion by the change, but the process was so natural. Neither we intended to nor took special steps for it. That was for her great nature; she becomes close to anybody. This book shows you will become friendly with her if only you spend your time with her as we did. We hope the book will make you feel that is the core of her charm.
