I GIVE YOU MY LIFE
For the present book
© the(M) éditions, IBASHO 2023
Photographs and paintings
© Chloé Jafé
Text
© Élodie Cabrera
Illustrations
© Naoko Matsuda
Artistic direction: Teun van der Heijden
Printed by Robstolk in the Netherlands Printed in October 2023
ISBN: 979-10-95424-44-4
With the support of Centre national des arts plastiques
Thanks to:
My Japanese family, Mr & Mme Kikuchi, Yumi, Chiaki and the others for their trust and generosity.
All the wonderful women I was lucky to meet and photograph, Yuki, Midori, M, Mika, Anna, Hiroko, Yuko, Jun, Yumi, Urara.
Also Taka.
Horiren 1st who has been, my guide and my mentor from the beginning of this adventure.
Rie Alkemade, Jake Adelstein, Hajime Kimura, Nazarena Zucchi, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Wakako Nishio, Jean-Charles Lavegie, Marie Nagisa Bouvier and her dad, Eiji Hase, Ryota and Naoko Matsuda.
Teun van der Heijden and Sandra van der Doelen for helping me translate my life into books.
Marie Sepchat and Martijn van Pieterson for making this possible.
Love and gratitude to Bernard, Catherine and Clémentine Jafé for their unconditional support.
In memory of Naoko Hirami (Jun). Rest In Peace.
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