RED with Ryoma Kashiwagi Q&A

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Still Photography with RED digital cinema cameras  - Why it's next frontier

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Get ready for an evening with TecArt and RED Digital Cinema! Join the renowned stills photographer Ryoma Kashaiwagi for an exclusive dive into the thrilling world of motorsport photography unlike you've seen anywhere else.Experience Ryoma's unique way of capturing stills using RED digital cinema cameras, enjoy food and drinks, and participate in an engaging Q&A session. Plus, be first to get hands-on with the brand new KOMODO-X Z Mount. This is an event you won’t want to miss! 🚀📸🏎️

With an instinctive understanding of racing and a skillset honed as a photojournalist, Ryoma Kashiwagi has mastered the art of motorsport photography.The Japanese artist specializes in photography of Formula 1 and the WEC: World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Heures du Mans, documenting the drivers, their mechanics and the machines with a signature style uniquely captured with RED cameras.

He is currently the official photographer for the French Alpine Endurance Team treating his work as an artistic project rather than a conventional press and public relations shoot.“When I told people about my plans to shoot still photos of racing cars with RED, many were skeptical, but I always believed in the very cinematic idea of capturing photographic images with the DSMC,” he says.“When KOMODO was announced in 2019, my certainty was replaced with confidence. I am one of very few photographers who know that a RED Digital Cinema camera can produce high quality photographs even in one single frame.”

Ryoma’s passion for motor racing began as a child in the 1980s at a time when many racers and rally drivers were still losing their lives on the track.“I was interested in the machines themselves, but I was most fascinated by the way these racers lived,” says Ryoma. “The way they try to achieve victory and glory while risking losing everything.”Motorsport competition today is far safer than it was, but the safety risks have not been eliminated. It is why Ryoma has made it his life’s work to document the humanity of those who choose this path.“They could leave this world a minute after I photograph them in the pit garage,” Ryoma says. “Behind their helmets, they are not necessarily thinking about death but I sometimes feel that there is a split second of hesitancy in their eyes. By documenting them in a very cinematic way and by releasing the shutter at the right time, I try to capture this fleeting human moment.”Ryoma bought a KOMODO 6K in October 2021. The following week he took it to an endurance race in Bahrain. “The results and the operation of the camera at that time were even better than I expected,” he says. “Since then, I’ve shot all races with RED KOMODO and used KOMODO-X for the first-time last year at the F1 Japanese GP.”