The Second Seeing | Ryu Ika | Aka Aka 2021 woodblock prints There are a few stains

There are a few stains on the first and last white pages

amidst the beauty of his images

liberated state

This portfolio contains six prints made with collotype technique by Benrido with signature photos by Koji Onaka

Far from nostalgic

The Second Seeing | Ryu Ika | Aka Aka 2021 woodblock prints There are a few stains"The title of this collection of photographs, The second seeing, emphasizes that we live within a 'second seeing' by way of an internalized other that exists behind the first level perception. Our lives exist alongside this image we have of ourselves, she asserts, likening people to actors and the world to a stage.] Ryu isn't satisfied by simply capturing the subject using her camera. Many of the photos taken in Inner Mongolia, where she grew up,