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Santa
Fe Prize for Photography
2009 Winner
HIROYO
KANEKO, San Francisco, CA
Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education portrays my family in bathing. I use a
4 x 5" camera for the series because it imparts formality and distance
to the subject matter in such intimate settings.
Bathing in hot tubs is one of the most ordinary daily rituals in Japan.
Because our modern society is highly competitive and reserved, we tend
to be uptight. However, once soaked in hot water, we emerge relaxed, revitalized,
and unspoken emotions with others and nature.
We bathe with family, friends, strangers and sometimes with the opposite
sex showing subtle impressions which waver between vulnerability and flexibility,
openness and hesitancy, and intimacy and loneliness. I focus on these
impressions as I believe that they represent a fundamental form of humanity.
Technical information of Sentimental Education
Year: 2005-2008
Medium: type C print
Dimensions: 16” x 20”, 20” x 24”, and 30”
x 24”
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All images © Hiroyo Kaneko
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