Eagle and Raven | Ariko Inaoka | Aka Aka 2020 HIsae Imai The first and last page

The first and last page of the book are stained

Thanks to Misha Kominek at Kominek Books these photographs are now finding an audience I couldn't dare imagine at the time

Much to my surprise

not only do they take the photo- graphs

his vision becomes blurry

Eagle and Raven | Ariko Inaoka | Aka Aka 2020 HIsae Imai The first and last pageEagle and Raven is a book of seven summers that Ariko Inaoka spent in Iceland, photographing the twin sisters Erna (Eagle) and Hrefna (Raven). The sisters grew from 9 to 16 years of age during the series. Inaoka captures the sisters in dreamlike, surreal scenes, each image subverting expectations in one way or other and displaying the deep bond the sisters share with each other and with their photographer. Nuances about entering adulthood, about