Red rose in daylight in 2012, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 

Sunlight on a footpath in 2020, Okumusashi, Agano, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

It was a windy morning at the beginning of spring. I was standing at the beach gazing the waves coming and going. The wind blew from the mountain carries sands towards the sea as if they dance together, a beautiful moment of the day. In 2024, Yuiga-hama Beach, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. 

The wind carries sands 

Sands meet the water 

They dance 

Waves carry 

Where they belong 

Eternal sound 

Echoes

Painterly Photography Series ©︎2012 Yuko Yamada. 

 St. Kilda Beach, VIC, Australia 

  In 2012, Melbourne, Australia, my first nature themed abstract work was created. I wanted to convey painterly feel seen in expressionists' work such as Claude Monet by using digital photographic medium and my experiments had begun. After experimented with several subjects and methods, water waves became one of my work subjects. I would walked to the beach during sunset time as it was my routine back then. While the sun set over the horizon, I photographed breaking waves. This series aims to create painterly feel photographs that has quality colors and textures rather than lines.

Morning scene of Ota River, January 18th in 2021, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

February 10th in 2016, London, UK.

Scenic view at a river bank of an old town Tsuwano in 2014, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Morning scene of a peaceful scramble crossing at an old town Tsuwano in 2014, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

Scenic ocean view from top of a hill, Shodoshima island in 2016, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.