photographic print
Interface, Lambda print, mounted onto plexiglass, 20 x 30 cm, edition of 3, 2010
Can we exist without a link to our origins or history? As a migrant and a parent, I reflect on what and how to transmit culture. Unlike those rooted in one place, cultural transmission for migrants is a conscious choice. Distance from our origins only deepens our awareness of them.
Interface represents the shared boundaries of time, space, and identity in an increasingly interconnected world. As cultures blend, questions arise: What will future generations be like? Will their identities drift from their origins?
This series explores these questions through layered images spanning the 1890s–1950s and 2000–2010, where the past lingers in the present. Created in Maui with Japanese-Americans, it began with a suitcase of photos from a second-generation Japanese-American man. The portraits embody the idea of an interface, linking past and present while reflecting the diversity of Japanese-American identity.
This series was also part of my process leading to Odyssey—a journey of reflection, studying the original photographs given to me, alongside Hale and Samsara, my other photographic series.
Interface represents the shared boundaries of time, space, and identity in an increasingly interconnected world. As cultures blend, questions arise: What will future generations be like? Will their identities drift from their origins?
This series explores these questions through layered images spanning the 1890s–1950s and 2000–2010, where the past lingers in the present. Created in Maui with Japanese-Americans, it began with a suitcase of photos from a second-generation Japanese-American man. The portraits embody the idea of an interface, linking past and present while reflecting the diversity of Japanese-American identity.
This series was also part of my process leading to Odyssey—a journey of reflection, studying the original photographs given to me, alongside Hale and Samsara, my other photographic series.