Bending the Light Page #7

and was interested in

creating those visuals.

- [Voiceover] What movies did you like?

- I like science-fiction movies a lot.

I love the Star Wars series,

the Star Trek series,

and I really love 2001: A Space Odyssey.

- [Voiceover] How far can a telescope see?

- I'm not an astronomer, so I

don't know all of the details

but it could reach the galaxies

that are close to the beginning of space,

billions of light-years away.

- [Voiceover] If you could

take a photograph from anywhere

about anything, what would it be?

- [Toru] I'd like to

take photos of the Earth.

I'd like to look down from a space station

or a satellite.

I think that'd be very beautiful.

- [Voiceover] Do you think

there's life out there?

- [Toru] I think so.

- [Voiceover] What kind of

life do you think it is?

- [Toru] Well, it's hard to imagine,

but it could well look like us.

- [Voiceover] Why do you say that?

- Because there's no

evidence that says Earth is

the only special planet with life.

- [Voiceover] So how

do you feel about that?

- Both excited and scared.

Because it's hard enough

or people on Earth

to understand each other.

I can't imagine what it would be like if

we met people from a

completely different world.

- [Voiceover] Looking back, is

there anything in your career

that you would have done differently?

- I don't know, I would

have had more theory.

I wouldn't maybe have

detoured so much into the

photo-journalistic world and

maybe stayed in the art world.

But I'm very thankful for

how things have worked out.

I mean, it's been a fantastic journey.

- [Voiceover] We live in

a world where everybody's

a photographer.

Does that change the way you see your job?

- No, I think it's great that

everybody's a photographer

because it means that, I

actually know how to photograph

so my photograph should stand out.

You know, you've gotta use

all the tricks of the trade

and then of course, you

do need to have the latest

and greatest lenses if you're

going to capture, you know,

a guy flying through the air.

It is down to the photographer, 100%.

- [Voiceover] Is your craft hard work?

- At the end of the day, I'm beat.

I just want to go home and lay down.

It aches everywhere.

Legs, back, knees, head.

Everywhere.

- [Voiceover] Do you think

you're getting too old for it?

(Mitsuharu chuckles)

- Maybe.

I feel a lot older than I really am.

- [Voiceover] What area

of photography have you

not worked in that you wish you had?

- Believe it not, wildlife

and landscape probably

'cause I've always made a

joke that I've never been able

or successful at shooting anything

that couldn't talk back to me.

- I tell myself I don't like you,

and I'm gonna rip your head

off and it gives me that

natural look without me trying to fake it.

- Yeah, yeah.

- [Voiceover] Are your children

interested in photography?

- Yes, my oldest son is in

Africa on a photo safari.

He has more expensive equipment than I do.

- [Voiceover] Are the pictures any good?

- No, not really.

But he seems pleased.

- [Voiceover] Can you imagine

a life without a camera?

- No.

(moody atmospheric music)

(peaceful music)

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