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Yakuza Mom

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A while back I photographed Yakuza-gangster’s daughter, Shoko Tendo, now a best-selling author (of book ‘Yakuza Moon’). Then I photographed her again. And again…

Now in the shops, available at all good bookstores, is the USA December edition of Marie Claire magazine which has a 4 page spread of the pics and story. They chose the right pics I feel, but perhaps not shown to the best in my opinion (as the never-happy photographer). Once I get a tear sheet I’ll post it here. In the meantime here’s a pic of Tendo-san and her daughter which I was pleased with. Took a bit of persuading to get it done, but it worked, and all were happy with it.

To see the full set of Yakuza Moon pictures then click here.

2 Comments

  1. i’ve seen one of the photographs from the set published in the sunday times’ ‘culture’ weekend supplement. it looked pretty good and i thought it seems to be a part of the bigger story. and now i know it is.

    really good stuff.
    congrats,
    kuba

  2. Beautiful pictures taken. Wow, it’s an eye opening a true story of a yakuza life. Ups Ups, i’m going to buy a copy.

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