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‘Playing Twins (Shima & Mao)’ from the series ‘Gazing Into the World’

‘Innocence, like that of the bodhisattvas (in Buddhism, a bodhisattva is any person who is on the path towards Buddhahood) that the girls embody: what do we, as adults, have to learn from it?’ is the central question inHisaji Hara and Natsumi Hayashi‘s series, Gazing Into the World, still ongoing in 2022.

Hisaji Hara (born in Tokyo in 1964) and Natsumi Hayashi (born in Saitama Prefecture in 1982) have worked together since 2013.

Based in Beppu, they left Tokyo in 2014, following the earthquake of 2011.

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Having graduated from Musashino Art University, Hisaji Hara moved to the United States in 1993 before returning to Japan in 2001. In 2009, his series After Balthus (A Photographic Portrayal of the Paintings of Balthus) was met with critical acclaim. Natsumi Hayashi is a graduate of Rikkyo university; in 2011 she gained recognition for her series of self- Natsumi Hayashi - Biography, Shows, Articles & More | Artsy FOP