Portraits Of Jennie By Yasushi Rikitake.108 • No Login

Rikitake’s technique here is masterful. The brushstrokes are loose, almost reckless in the background, yet achingly precise around the curve of her jaw and the fall of her hair. This contrast creates a palpable tension: she is physically present, but emotionally already gone. The ".108" in the title suggests a series number, but it also feels like a temperature, or a frequency—a specific, tuned vibration of loss. Sharp-eyed film buffs will recognize the reference. Portrait of Jennie (1948) is a classic Hollywood film about a struggling artist who meets a mysterious woman who seems to exist outside of normal time. Rikitake’s entire series is an homage to that film’s central theme: love as a haunting, art as an act of resurrection.

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Because sometimes, the most honest portrait of a person isn’t how they looked on their best day. It’s how they linger in your memory on a foggy evening—soft, luminous, and just about to disappear. Rikitake’s technique here is masterful