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,…