Daisuke Yokota
Daisuke Yokota is a photographer who lives and works in Tokyo. He is the recipient of the first award from the first Foam Outset Exhibition Fund.
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Ivan Vartanian is an author, curator, collaborator and publisher of photobook editions. He lives in Tokyo.
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Five Things Right Now: Daisuke Yokota
Daisuke Yokota
Photographer Daisuke Yokota shares five links of what he’s reading, watching, thinking about and loving right now.
Bonsai
Guadalupe Nettel
‘Bonsai have always prompted a kind of fear in me, or at least a puzzling discomfort.’
The Flowers Look More Beautiful Now Than Ever
Mieko Kawakami
‘It’s hard to imagine a country where a lockdown would function perfectly, but in the case of Japan, which lacks basic individualism, the current situation has bred insidious hatred and division.’
Commuting Through Coronavirus
Kikuko Tsumura
‘My friend and her colleagues are being told not to get infected. Infections among employees will affect the company’s reputation, and would be an inconvenience to clients.’
Notes on Craft
Alan Rossi
‘The whole universe emerges and lives through this little consciousness that we call our self.’
The Munduruku People Against Brazil
Tiffany Higgins
‘The Middle Tapajós Munduruku are not alone. Indigenous and traditional communities throughout the Tapajós River basin are facing increased degradation of their environment and the cultural sustenance practices that form the foundation of their lifeways.’
