My initial reaction to Nakahira's body of work 'fire and water' was to notice the amount of grain used in his photographs. I imagine the reason as to why this is done is to achieve a decayed feel to the scene, the places in which he has chosen to shoot his photographs appear to have been taken in what looks like a torn place, be it by war, the sea or fire. In his images of the sea it could be representing, through the sea crashing againg concrete or man made constructs, attempting to 'reclaim culture' a quote from the international journal of photography, a forlorn hope than realistic expectation. Meaning it represents how people, in life, are constantly trying to achieve something they want, however the want is never ending, once achieved there's just another thing afterwards we want more.
The meaning or purpose of these I feel would be suited for only fine art purposes. I can't imagine these images being in newspapers or magazines. These images would probably be exhibited and shown to the public. It doesn't seem to be commercial photography as it does not have a clear product it is trying to advertise.
The grainy effect you see on the photographs has probably been done by a special filter however another method could be used by simply putting women's tights over the camera lens to create a similar but not as good effect. This use of visual language gives the photograph the dark and gloomy effect it has
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