Chino otsuka biography
- Chino Otsuka was born in Tokyo, Japan (1972), subsequently spending most of her school and academic years in the West.
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London-based Japanese photographer Chino Otsuka has taken a unique approach to exploring her own past. In her “Imagine Finding Me” series, she time travels by inserting her current self into her childhood self, envisioning what it might be like to meet herself as a child.
The insertions are executed very well, making the childhood memories’ series even warmer and easier to believe. Her digital photo manipulations take account of shadows, lighting, and even for the grainier quality of the old photos. “The photo editing process becomes a tool, almost like a time machine, as I’m embarking on the journey to where I once belonged and at the same time becoming a tourist in my own history,” said the photographer.
Otsuka also said that the choice of transitional spaces, like trains, hotels or vacation spots, in her photo collages, was deliberate – “things are not quite past or present, or somewhere in between… that has reflected from my upbringing, where I’m neither here nor there, and I’m not really Japanese or Engli ARTNEWS the space engages with the UAE's spiritual and aesthetic traditions, while reaffirming the minimal and analogue amidst contemporary digital culture. outdoor subterranean oculi, called skyspaces, will frame the shifting hues of the sky to reveal phenomena rarely visible to the naked eye. visionary director and artist david lynch has passed away on january 16th, 2025, at the age of 78. the largest exhibition dedicated to the artist in france is now on view at the grand palais in paris, bringing together large-scale installations, sculptures, photographs, drawings, performance videos and archive documents. The core of my photographic research is based on my autobiographical memory and I am particularly interested in the way memory works in relation to snapshot/vernacular photography. Working with both personal and public archives, my research has led to a creative research fellowship at the British Library, UK and an artist residency in Nikkei National Museum in Canada. Internationally acclaimed work, Imagine Finding Me, has become the most exhibited work having been shown in over seventeen countries. My work is written in many publications and academic books, such as being included in a series of text books for Norwegian High School. With over two decades of experience in photography educati
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I use photography and video to explore the fluid and distortable relationship between memory, time and photography. I moved from Japan to the UK to attend Summerhill School and my experience of becoming familiar with a new place, a different language and new customs while I was developing my adolescent identity has profoundly shaped my work in photography, video and writing.
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