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Morning Light, Bloomington, Indiana

Artist Osamu James Nakagawa (Japanese-American, b. 1962)
Title Morning Light, Bloomington, Indiana
Plate Number No. 17
Series Kai: Following the Cycle of Life
Date Spring 1999
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions Image: 13 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (35.2 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/16 × 15 15/16 in. (43.3 × 40.5 cm)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds from the Clarence W. and Mildred Long Art Purchase Fund, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2017.85

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Created by Indiana University photography professor Osamu James Nakagawa, these works highlight themes central to his Kai: Following the Cycle of Life series: family, culture, and the passage of time. In Morning Light, his baby daughter, Hikari, sits in the center of the frame holding a camera above her head as if taking a selfie. The shadows on either side represent her parents, whose ghost-like appearances also suggest the spirits of their ancestors.


2017, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University purchase from Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN

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Plate Number No. 17
Series Title Kai: Following the Cycle of Life

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