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Life is Learning How to Say Goodbye

Shiraishi Kazufumi once said that even if people have someone they love and someone who loves them, they seem happy, but everyone is lonely. Then I thought that even if the two people are side by side now, they might break up for various reasons. So I raised my camera and captured their happy moment. Just like the sun shining in this photo, I hope the happiness can be as dazzling as the sun; Like the aesthetic moment when fireworks bloom, I hope this happiness can be memorable, even short-lived. *Ran Kang wrote this caption in Chinese and rephrased it by Inori Matsumae.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2022
Date Uploaded: 10.2023
Photo Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Copyright: © Inori Matsumae