After graduating from the Department of Photography at Osaka University of Arts, he gained experience as a freelance assistant and went independent in 2017. From February 2022 to March 2024, he studied abroad in London, where he spent every day facing photography and nature in an unfamiliar environment. Even after returning to Japan, he is a photographer who truly loves nature and living things and goes to the mountains whenever he has the chance.
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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, or a car that runs on both gasoline and electricity, is called a PHEV. It's been a while since this term became commonplace, but in fact, the first company in the world to mass-produce its predecessor, the electric vehicle (EV), was none other than Japan's proud automobile manufacturer, Mitsubishi Motors. And the PHEV is a system that Mitsubishi Motors developed based on an EV, ahead of the rest of the world.
The car we are introducing today, the Outlander PHEV, is the world's first SUV-type "PHEV," which could only have been developed by such a pioneer.
On this day, we invited Nobuko Baba, a photographer who works in a wide range of fields including magazines and advertising, to sit in the passenger seat. As a result, the conversation in the car was mainly about "recent work," but we decided to keep that in mind. Nobuko, who owns a car and drives it on a daily basis, first asked her about her rules for choosing a car.
"Because of the nature of my job, it's essential that I can carry a lot of luggage. I really wanted a small, inconspicuous car that was easy to maneuver, but then I couldn't fit my Century (a folding metal device used to hold lighting and other filming equipment) in. So I chose a car that was long to a certain extent, but not too big. The whole car has a blocky shape, and the lights are round and cute."
By the way, it's been a while since he moved to Tokyo, but he still speaks in Kansai dialect. I was taken aback by the contrast with his tone of voice.
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