- Gama Cave #009
Sheet: 44 × 64 1/8 in. (111.8 × 162.9 cm)
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"These caves are the sacred home of Okinawa’s spirits—its ancestors, its history, its memory. I enter hesitantly—through the eeriness of the cave’s dark, heavy air, through the remnants of war scattered on the ground. . . . With just a flashlight in hand, I search for anything I might find, unable to entirely illuminate my surroundings. The shutter wide open, I enter into the image, my flashlight in hand, floating and conversing with mabui [spirit] as the cave’s interior slowly seeps into the camera. What am I hearing? What can I express for them? How will these images of darkness speak to others?"–Osamu James Nakagawa
ProvenanceThe artist, Bloomington, Indiana; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
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