My HusbandThe joyful days with her husband, Shinzo Shimao, and daughter, Maho in a one room unit of a Western style house and her solitude she faced alone in the quiet night; Dormant for 40 years, the story of these photographs is finally uncovered. A set of two books with Book 1 and Book 2 each showcasing the 66 and 35mm photographs respectively. Tokuko Ushioda who enrolled in the Kuwasawa Design School in 1960, studied under Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Kiyoji

perhaps inevitably

overlooked corners of American life

I was restless (and still am)

observing the details that were not meant for her

and elements of contemporary popular culture

the open road called again

these fragile images offer an illuminating contrast to the glossy perfection of the work for which Mapplethorpe is best known

Book 1 includes the 6×6 square format

Although the language of Alvarez Bravo was black and white

in black and white

“A man and a woman are one”

envisioning variations of identity in the postcolonial era