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Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself

Max Pinckers explores the identity of contemporary Japan recreating images of how the cliched fantasies of the West have been imposed on the country in a series of unconventional images

Max Pinckers

Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Wall & Hokusai). 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Because a Diagonal Always Works. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Bow. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Salaryman. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Crow #3. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Kimono. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Protected Stone. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Back Alley. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Yakuza. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Ghost. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Rising Sun. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Chindogu. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Karaoke. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Plant. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Sumo. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers | Two Kinds of Memory & Memory Itself Bonsai. 2015. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
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