Jerry Takigawa Wins 2017 Clarence John Laughlin Award

Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures portfolio was selected by juror Paula Tognarelli to win the New Orleans Photo Alliance 2017 Clarence John Laughlin Award. This award was created to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John…

Takigawa Balancing Cultures Portfolio Selected as a 2017 Clarence John Laughlin Award Finalist

The Clarence John Laughlin Award was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985), a New Orleans photographer best known for his surrealist images of the American South….

“Yes. Yes.” Wins Third Place in Providence Center for Photographic Arts’ 4th Open Call Exhibition

Juror Julie Grahame, publisher of aCurator.com, awarded third prize to “Yes. Yes.” from Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures series. A second photograph from the same series, “Possession of Navigational Charts of Monterey Bay,” was also selected to be part of this show.

“Yes. Yes.” refers to the answers given to two questions on a …

Balancing Cultures Portfolio Selected for Critical Mass Top 50

Photolucida, an arts nonprofit based in Portland, Oregon, has  selected Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures portfolio as a Top 50 finalist in their 2017 Critical Mass program. Portfolios from over 600 photographers were submitted to Critical Mass 2017. Entries were reviewed by 30 preliminary jurors and narrowed to 200 finalists. The finalist portfolios…

Work from Balancing Cultures earns recognition from Providence Center for Photographic Arts and the Portland-based arts nonprofit, Photolucida

Providence Center for Photographic Arts enlisted Julie Grahame, publisher of aCurator.com, as juror for their 4th Annual Open Call Exhibition. Two images from Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures series were selected to be part of the exhibition, which will run October 12 – November 3, 2017. The opening reception will take place October 19, from 5 –…