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Several exhibits of her life's work on display
Great to see a Japanese woman traditional film photographer in a largely white male dominated field
She used a Pentax SV camera
Hiroshima - clothes worn by survivors
1 9 4 7 - clsoeups of hands and feet
Scars - closeups of scars on women - masectomies, caesarians, etc...
Body and Air - Polarid closeup of body parts - hands and feet, belly buttons a big theme
Apartment - derelict apartment interiors within Tokyo - urban splunking - one can feel the grim conditions, almsot smell the odor through the graininess of the photos
Yokosuka / Yokosuka Again - photography of the village and area where she grew up - second visit focused on the affect of the nearby American Naval Base - she spent six months in an abandoned caberet building where she improvised a working darkroom and eventually a gallery