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). Life Force: What Love Can Save / Constanza Portnoy (Argentina) Five-year-old Angeles is so excited about her new dress with the ruffles and dances for parents. Despite her young age, Angeles has profound wisdom and respect regarding the challenges and misconceptions facing people with physical disabilities. Website Instagram Buenos Aires, Argentina / March 4, 2017
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