Photobook as memoir. In this first issue of JOURNAL , artist Jill Corral begins a seasonal series of her best and most meaningful work — including photo essays, written articles, and behind-the-scenes ways of working. This monograph includes: From Fuji to Üetli: Mountains. Trains. Rivers. Watches. Zen and Ruhe. An outsider's surrealist lens on island nations. - Interiorities: Finding home in the sanctuary of solitude and rituals. - The Indecisive Moment: Street Photography & AI: Of rhythms and algorithms. - E/Motion: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - From Madame to Mademoiselle: Paris as an infinity mirror in my life. - Yamanote Rain: 30 stops, 30 shots. An experiment in getting out of my own way. - Komorebi 木漏れ日: Sunlight through leaves or, how to make a film in one day. Artist Statement I’m interested in stories and how they’re told. With light and sound. Darkness and silence. 0 and 1. Whitespace and form. Movement and stillness. I work in digital and analog photography, ink, ambient music, and graphic arts. My primary work fuses atmospheric surrealism with street photography to capture the essence of places and the people in them. I am fascinated by liminal "in-between" spaces in life and art, and inspired by cinematography, graphic arts, and ambient design. I love grain and glitches. Influences include life-long multidisciplinary artists like Agnès Varda, Brian Eno, Patti Smith, Daidō Moriyama, and Yayoi Kusama. My professional career as a designer (visual, motion, sound) and writer in the technology industry informs my lens on storytelling, composition, technical and artistic experimentation. This includes helping people find their own artistic voices through creative workshops and photowalks. A nomad in spirit, I value curiosity and creative freedom above all things. I recently spent a year living on three continents out of a small suitcase, with a Ricoh GRIII as my only camera.