David Favrod – GAIJIN OMOIDE POROPORO HIKARI

David Favrod – GAIJIN OMOIDE POROPORO HIKARIBorn in Japan to a Swiss father and a Japanese mother, David Favrod spent his childhood in Switzerland, mainly with his mother, who passed on her principles and culture. This heritage pushed him to ask for the double nationality at the age of 18. Gaijin, which means foreigner in Japanese, is the result of the rejection of this request. A fictional account of the photographers quest for identity, the book is inspired by memories of his travels as well

Cat Byrnes

Step by step

Both subjects have been overly photographed

Sheets dampened from night sweats transpose to pills on two tongues and an arm around the shoulder

made of thick cotton canvas and wearing an elegant shade of green

the allure of the American Dream and a never-ending fascination with the remnants of history

Through this attention to our most immediate environment

Cloth-bound softcover

Recited as a duet between male and female singers

the book’s edit takes into consideration both surfaces of the paper

which are used in many Japanese gardens

Tendayi Dabengwa