YASUO HIGA
JOMIN
Published by Mirai-sha publishing, 2010
Book Size 23.4 × 25.8 cm
Pages 114 images
Softcover
Language Japanese
ISBN978-4-624-90022-9
The photobook “Jomin” brings together two photographic series. First, Yasuo Higa captures life on the Ryukyu islands through anonymous portraits of their inhabitants. Through the faces, the tattoos, the clothes and the surroundings of their subjects, Higa's black-and-white portraits tell us of the diversity and culture on the Ryukyu islands. The second series, “War Widows”, draws a direct line from the past to the present: Higa took portraits of widowed women with portrait photographs of their deceased husbands, all of whom died during the Second World War. Husbands, captured in eternal youth, in the arms of their aging wives.
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The photo book “Jomin” brings together two photographic series. First, Yasuo Higa captures life on the Ryukyu Islands through anonymous portraits of their inhabitants. Through the faces, tattoos (hazici), clothing, and surroundings of their subjects, Higa’s black-and-white portraits tell us about the diversity and culture of the Ryukyu Islands. The second series, “War Widows,” draws a direct line from the past to the present: Higa made portraits of widowed women with portraits of their deceased husbands, all of whom died during World War II. Husbands, captured in eternal youth, in the arms of their aging wives.