who are you

[zegalba]

Nam June Paik: TV Buddha (1989)

[circus-sonata]

by Shoichi Kudo / 工藤正市 From the book: Aomori / 青森 1950-1962

[nemfrog]

Zoo animal pictograms. National Zoo Pamphlet, Washington, D. C. 1978. Detail.

Library of Congress

[nemfrog]

The most popular post on Nemfrog in October 2022.

[viliere]

Kimono (Kosode), Japan, 1840-1860

[nobrashfestivity]

Katsushika Hokusai

Edo period

[daavydaave]

Jack Kabangu

Jack with the Hat

[japaneseaesthetics]

Kitagawa Utamaro, Reflective Love, from the series “Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)”, 1788

[nobrashfestivity]

Toshi Yoshida, Seahorse

[songs-of-the-east]

Reflection photography project by Maria Mussova

“A national costume is often the only way to express own national identity. In terms of average standards and linguistic assimilation, fasche (Circassian clothes) becomes the most vivid marker of ethnic identity. It also continues to exist as a demonstration of preservation of memory of the past,” said Marina Bitokova, one of the participants of the photo project.”

“An individual in a national costume in our time of average standards always stands out from the crowd and inevitably draws attention to his or her person. Wearing a costume you have to stick to a certain image and behavioral style. But is it possible to discern human personality behind it? How could one’s self-perception change when he or she puts on a national costume? How does a person feel about that at this moment? And how does a spectators attitude change towards the displayed character when he takes off his casual clothes and puts on a costume which was the part of people’s everyday life nearly hundred years ago? What will a national costume be like in the twenty first century? In order to answer these questions, I found people who keep, due to various reasons, in their wardrobes circassian traditional costumes -“fasche”. The photo project “Reflection” consists of 22 diptychs which their direct speeches are the answers to a simple question about how they feel when they put on the fasche.”  - Maria Mussova

[eylulkalpliadam-deactivated2024]

Köy evlerine bir yenisini ekleyelim.

[nobrashfestivity]

Keika Hasegawa, Chrysanthemums, 1893, Wood Block Prints

[estrach]

1868 © estrach

[stamp-it-to-me]

two 1983 Chinese stamps from a series on children’s paintings

[nobrashfestivity]

Hiroshi Hamaya, Children Singing in a Snow Cave,1956

[eylulkalpliadam-deactivated2024]

Zeytin ağacı.

[el-sabroso]

Junko Kitamura

[thesociologicalcinema]

A child sits in front of a tattered political poster, China, 1957. Photo credit: Agnès Varda