Elaheh Abdolahabadi (Iran) The family standing in the makeshift photo studio are juxtaposed with the city beyond, creating a blend between portrait and street photography. Website Oyako Photo Matsuri is a group exhibition on parents and children at FCCJ (Foreign Correspondences’ Club of Japan). An instant of Time and Place / Isfahan, Iran / 2010
Eriko Koga (Japan) Father holding his daughter inside of the bell at Myomanji Temple inspired by the story “Anchin Kiyohime Monogatari” Website Oyako Photo Matsuri is a group exhibition on parents and children at FCCJ (Foreign Correspondences’ Club of Japan). BELL / Kyoto, Japan / 2019
Ira Block is an internationally renowned photographer, teacher, and lecturer who has produced over 30 stories for the National Geographic Magazine. He has led National Geographic Photo Workshops, Expeditions, and private workshops to Mongolia, Bhutan, Cuba, and Tibet where students learn about the culture and photographic vision. His documentary photography work is balanced by a stable of commercial clients for whom he shoots portraits and corporate branding. Ira can best be described as a cultural documentary photographer. He uses his cameras and lights to document people around the world, recording the change in traditions and practices. The changes are most often gradual, which is why he returns to a location…
Lenka Klicperova is a journalist and photographer. She started as a reporter, from 2004 to 2018 she was the editor-in-chief of People and Earth magazine. She has worked in a number of African countries, from Angola to Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has visited Afghanistan several times as a reporter. It also reached Somalia, plagued by several decades of war. She has received eleven awards and nominations in the Czech Press Photo competition, both for photographs and video production. The journalist and photographer Lenka Klicperová started her career as a news reporter. From 2004 till 2018 she…
Ada Trillo is a Philadelphia-based photographer, who was born and raised in the bi-national border mega-sprawl of Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. In her work, she focuses on borders of inclusion and exclusion as they are experienced through people in sex trafficking; climate and violence-related international migration; and long-standing barriers of race and class. Trillo’s work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is the recipient of the Female In Focus 2020 best series award and was recently featured in The Guardian, Vogue, Smithsonian Magazine, and Mother Jones, among other publications. She has also been awarded The Me & Eve Grant from the Center…
Oyako Photo Matsuri is a group exhibition on parents and children at FCCJ (Foreign Correspondences’ Club of Japan). Warmth / Emi Nakamura (Japan) The courage in the little monkey’s eyes shows the strength and gentleness it feels in the mother’s arms. This brief moment together is the start to nurturing the next generation. Website Jigokudani, Nagano Prefecture, Japan / January 2021
FCCJ facilities are currently closed on weekends and national holidays during the state of emergency. The “OYAKO Photo Matsuri” exhibition, scheduled to start on June 5th, has been postponed to June 7th (Monday). We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. In order to reach a larger audience, a slideshow with all the photographs in the exhibition can be seen on OYAKO’s website. In addition, a different photograph from the show will also be introduced each day. In this time of uncertainty, we would like to share these important messages about the bonds between parents and children. We hope you will enjoy it.
The 2021 OYAKO Day Essay Contest, Photo Contest, and Oyako Award are now open for submissions. Other events include “Oyako Photo Matsuri“, a parent/child exhibition taken in several countries around the world by 26 photographers, and “Present to the Future“, a live-streamed talk show featuring Mr. Tetsuya Chiba, the cartoonist for “Ashita no Joe”, and other well-known creators. We are facing the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic that is impacting all our lives in so many ways. The road to recovery takes time, but this period of isolation is an opportunity to reconnect with our families. The 4th Sunday of July is OYAKO Day and this year it will be…
Bruce Osborn’s Oyako project was featured on nippon.com Please click HERE to read the article.
PHOTOVILLE – New York City’s premier photo festival is coming to Los Angeles and my OYAKO photos will be one of the 50+ exhibitions. https://photoville.la/oyako-japanese-parents-children/ It’s a free event at the Annenberg Space for Photography from April 26 – 28 and May 2 -5. Hope to see you there! https://photoville.la