Kitsune Hirano occupies a liminal space between two cultures, Japanese and American.
As such, he is able to absorb and reflect multicultural influences and their intersection within cultures with an albedo-like alacrity.
Constantly looking out for light and life, he is a recorder of images, and angles of the sun and diffusion of light rays are a source of admiration.
You're as likely to see him carrying a tripod in the evening capturing long exposures as walking through back streets looking for inspiration.
The majority of his work is focused on capturing the unseen.
Subjects such as individuals, and the environments they inhabit, both in portraiture and in motion.
Long exposures that reflect a reality that we cannot perceive with our own eyes but still exists nonetheless.
Infrared images that capture rays of light and radiation illuminating another world we cannot normally see.
By exploring these various realities that make up our own, a meditation, maybe even a consideration, can be made about the world we perceive and live in now.
Kitsune Hirano currently works, lives, and creates art in Austin, Texas.