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Season 5, Episode 10: Miyako Ishiuchi: Documenting the Vestiges of Time
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Miyako Ishiuchi is a world-famous photographer and laureate of the "Nobel Prize of photography," the Hasselblad Award. She chooses to focus on the personal effects of the deceased, including the victims of the Hiroshima A-bomb, to document peoples' memories and the vestiges of time. In her latest exhibition, she seeks to find understanding of her late mother by focusing on her effects and that of a female artist of the same generation. Robert Campbell zooms in on her focus and vision.
All Episodes - Season 5
Episode 1
Yodogawa Technique: Infusing Life Into Trash
Episode 2
Masako Toyota: Turning Narrow Hilly Streets into an Asset
Episode 3
Hiraku Ogura: Listening to the Voices of Microorganisms
Episode 4
Yoko Tawada: The Fascination of Exophonic Literature
Episode 5
Yusuke Murakami: The Key to Living Harmoniously in Extreme Environments
Episode 6
Kuniaki Kuroki: A Glass Magician
Episode 7
Josh Grisdale: A Wheelchair User's Insight into Japanese Hospitality
Episode 8
Toshiyuki Inoko: Changing Perspectives with Digital Art
Episode 9
Doshin Hiroki: Martial Arts, a New Way of Therapy
Episode 10
Miyako Ishiuchi: Documenting the Vestiges of Time