Elizabeth Avedon Journal has included Balancing Cultures in Part 1 of her Best Photography Books 2021 Round-Up.
Elizabeth Avedon is a photography book and exhibition designer, independent curator, and writer. She is a sought-after consultant for photographers—editing, sequencing, and advising towards their exhibition, book, and portfolio projects. She serves as faculty for both the…
Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy produce What Will Your Remember, an online photography review magazine based in the greater Boston area. About Balancing Cultures they wrote:
Amidst the burgeoning expressions of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States, Takigawa’s eloquent and poignant collaged photographs give voice to the enduring effects of WWII internment camps on…
PhotoBook Journal Contributing Editor Wayne Swanson writes: “This understated collection is at once a record of the indignities endured by 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II and an expression of the balancing act facing all minorities striving to find a place in a new land. The collages also convey the…
As Jerry Takigawa was growing up, when anyone in his family spoke of “camp” they weren’t referring to a pine-scented summer retreat—they were referring to the WWII American concentration camps sanctioned by Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. Join us on Saturday, August 14, between 4 and 5pm, to hear the backstory of Jerry’s multi-award winning…
“Balancing Cultures moved me profoundly.”
—George Takei, Actor, Author, Activist
Jerry Takigawa’s seminal book (Aline Smithson) Balancing Cultures has been released by Dayo Press. It presents the work of a multi-award-winning photography series about the artist’s family’s experience in the WWII American concentration camps. Awakened by a discovery of old family photographs taken in the Jerome,…
The i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series, presented by New York’s School of Visual Arts, will present Jerry Takigawa on Tuesday, June 22. The i3 lecture series “features leading photographers and artists, hardware and software developers, and industry experts.” This summer’s lecture series was curated by Debra Klompching. SVA has been a…
Juror Harry Gamboa, Jr. selected Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures series to receive Foto Forum’s first annual Santa Fe Photography Award. Foto Forum Santa Fe is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that creates an artistic space to explore the current relationship between photography, storytelling, science, and technology through artist exhibitions, workshops, visiting artist lectures, research,…
Becoming (in)Visible: Countering Asian Hate, is a multimedia group exhibition which opens Friday, June 4, 2021. Organized by the Carl Cherry Center and Celadon Arts, the exhibition addresses issues of bias, scapegoating, and xenophobia. It also stresses the importance of visibility, representation, and cross-cultural connection. With the significant, troubling increase in anti-Asian hate crimes and…
Allison Cobb’s new book, Plastic: an Autobiography will be officially launched on Earth Day—April 22, 2021, at 6pm PDT. The event will be virtually hosted by Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Company. The evening will feature two writers who take the world on in all its present tumult, and do so with unflinching, open-eyed…
The Griffin Museum of Photography will host a virtual reception and artist’s talk for exhibiting artist Jerry Takigawa. Jerry will present an introduction to his photography exhibition and new book, Balancing Cultures. Please join us to celebrate on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
The exhibition will…
Shadows from the Past: Sansei Artists and the American Concentration Camps, an exhibition curated by Gail Enns of Celadon Arts in cooperation with Jan Marlese and the L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery, will present a virtual artist talk and panel discussion on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at 1:30 pm PST. Jerry Takigawa, exhibiting artist and…
The Center for Photographic Art (CPA), located in Carmel’s historic Sunset Center, is pleased to announce the opening exhibition of the new year—a retrospective entitled Jerry Takigawa: Liminal Language, 1980–2020.
Please join us in our first virtual opening of 2021. Jerry Takigawa has been an important photographic voice on the Monterey Peninsula for…
