Since moving to Recent York, Japanese-born photographer Fumi Nagasaka has spent the last 20 years exploring the US together with her camera. But it surely wasn’t until 2017 that she visited the agricultural or southern states when a friend Tanya invited her on a visit to her hometown of Dora, Alabama.
With a population of around 2,300, Dora is a real small town. “Church, college football, and regional fast food chain Jack’s are popular with locals,” writes Nagasaka. “Tanya’s family introduced me to every of those during my first visit – an initiation of sorts.” Despite its modest scale, something in regards to the place deeply moved Nagasaka. “My first trip was full of emotion,” she recalls. “I witnessed kindness, pain, and...
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