Oyako (parents & children)


  • Photographer
    Bruce Osborn
  • Prize
    3rd Place / People/Family
  • Company/Studios
    Ozone Inc.
  • Date of Photograph
    1982 to 84
  • Technical Info
    6 x 6 film Hasselblad

Oyako means parents and children in Japanese and the title of this series. It started just before my first child was born. No doubt a result of me thinking about becoming a father, but I also saw it as a way to focus on a rapidly changing society. Parents are linked to the family’s past and children, the bridge to the future. I have gone on to photograph hundreds of oyako and hope this series will not be evaluated just in terms of its "Japaneseness." I see them not only as showing time passing in Japan, but also globally.

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