Soul Trip | Hideka Tonomura | Zen foto gallery 2024 [SIGNED]

“My grandparents were Korean and Japanese.
They loved each other unto death.
My grandmother took responsibility for her decision to marry a Korean - she died wearing a Korean bridal gown, a symbol of her love to my grandfather.
I promised my grandmother that I would photograph her in that dress.
The wars of nations end and begin again.
As long as there are conflicts in the world, they will leave people with hatred and create further conflict.
Today there are still chains of conflicts happening somewhere in the world.
Love, not conflict, is the source of life.
We don't need any more chains of conflict.
Perhaps it's only an ideal for the world to be filled with peace.
But I believe that it is the artist's job to pursue the ideal.” - from Hideka Tonomura’s foreword