Silvia who is an Italian acrobat, I photographed her a few month ago for migrant mother project.
She had a baby boy Dylan and now she is a migrant mother in East London.
On going project about migrant mothers in London.
I have photograph Rhodah from Tanzania in west London.
23rd of April, it’s St Gerge’s day.
It might not mean much to most of people unless you are a Morris dancer.
3 years ago I saw Morris dance at the pub and joined the team New Esperance Morris based in Borough, south London.
I am a only Japanese in my team but we have Swedish, American, New Zealander and bunch of English.
Morris dancers seem to be known as unusual people.
Exercise with people coming from different background, jobs, and age, socialize at the pub and go to festivals and events; sounds pretty healthy to me.
Exercise on the running machine while watching TV, socialize with same friends at the pub watching football on TV, and spend weekend watching TV. This is pretty weird to me.
This is a project I have done Morris dancers in UK at work in their kit.
In Japan, the balance of the population is changing rapidly.
Woman’s average life expectancy is over 86 years old
In a couple of years 25% of population will be over 65 years old.
But what does this mean?
What divides between old and young?
I have done a project with ladies from Queen Borough community centre in Borough and Claremont project in Islington, London.
Costume design by Chloe Metcalfe and Make up by Victoria Poland and Sophie Murray
Elizabeth at the gym.
Get on with it.
Life in the UK test, I had to take when I applied for my residence visa.
The questions were like,
What methods of payment can you use to make calls from public phones?
Or
Where is the Geordie dialect spoken?
I forgot most of the answers but only one I remember is that one third of the populations in London consist of foreigners including myself.
A writer, Yuka Igarashi and I have started a project about migrant mothers in London.
This is our first mum, Silvia, who is a mum to be in a month time.
She is an Italian origin acrobat, We photographed her performance and a portrait with her mum visiting her from Italy.
Elizabeth at work.
She works at the local pub in the evenings.
The chef at the pub showing her new tattoo on his arm.
Elizabeth at the home made radio studio in her university.
She hosts a Hip Hop radio show every week.
She had no idea about Hip Hop first, now she organizes some events and getting involved in the scene.
The guests have done free style a Capella right in front of her.
Elizabeth at her brother’s flat.
She had a family gathering weekend, some of her family member came from France.
They went out night before and had a great craic.
She is half French, half Irish.
Elizabeth, in her kitchen.
She lives in the university flat, a master student in London.
I am going to find out about her through taking pictures every week for a few months.
