From 22nd November to 11th January Point Culture Liège will be displaying 55 portraits and questions from the Hāfu2Hāfu project.
On Saturday 23rd November, I had the chance to hold another gallery talk. This time, my children and family were able to join too.
Special thanks to Point Culture and Passerelle Japon for organising this event and Sylvain Lintzen and Karina Kimoto for helping me translate all the questions in French.
This summer I had the chance to meet Greg Lam from Life Where I’m From for the second time. The first time, he interviewed me for his documentary about being Japanese. This time I try to answer a few questions from the then newly released Hāfu2Hāfu photo book.
The questions I try to answer are:
• How can Japanese changing society benefit from your hāfu-ness?
• If for some reason you have to choose, which nationality would it be?
• In what moment did you first realise you were different?
• Would you feel more relaxed in a third country that does not make part of your identity?
• Have you ever met a hāfu with the same roots, but who grew up in the ‘other’ country?
• What would you tell your younger self?
• What is your first impression of the word ‘hāfu’?
• What is in your lunchbox?
• What is being Japanese?
Although never easy, I hope I gave useful answers to these difficult questions.
Thanks Greg for having me on your show.
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From 20 to 29th September 2019, you can visit the first edition of the Maastricht Photo Festival. The theme is Up Close and presents photographers with a connection with the south of the Netherlands.
There are 24 different venues throughout the city, exhibiting work of more than 30 photographers including some 50 photos from my own Hāfu2Hāfu project.
Many thanks to Bert and Uschi at Maastricht Photo Festival, Pathé Bioscoop Maastricht for this awesome location and FujiFilm Original Photopaper for the fantastic prints.
日本人と外国人の間に生まれた「ハーフ」と呼ばれる人たち１２０人の写真と、彼らが持つ疑問をまとめた写真集が出版された。撮影した日系ベルギー人の男性は「日本人、ハーフ、外国人それぞれの多様さを考えるきっかけになれば」と期待する。
Thanks to a collaboration with FujiFilm Original Photopaper, we have been able to make 60 beautifully crafted Limited Edition Photo Books.
Each book has a unique cover with a different photo from the project. Each photo in the book is printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Album Paper XS. For the book binding we used a Flat Lay technique that folds the pages open completely. This allows you to experience each photo to the fullest. Continue reading →
* EVENT – SOLD OUT * Continue reading →
Please read the introduction Tokyo based American Japanese hāfu Nina Cataldo wrote for the book here. Continue reading →
Japan Today and GaijinPot editor Vlisides Leannah has been following the project since 2017. Please read her review of the Hāfu2Hāfu book in her article titled: ‘120 interviews later, photographer releases book about Japanese ‘hafu’ identity’
“The piercing, poignant looks of those who were photographed, coupled with soul-searching questions, make for a powerful combination that almost stumps the reader.”
