Born in Japan, Chino Otsuka spent her childhood travelling around the world and has the photographs to prove it. As an art project, Otsuka photoshopped her adult self into those childhood photos, often returning to the place where the original photograph was taken in order to give the resulting art work a genuine feel.
Otsuka’s artistic, imaginative images of herself as both child and adult are endearing, because they give a visual reference to every human being’s relationship with themselves. She has called this project “Imagine Finding Me” and introduces it with the words, “If, again I have the chance to meet, there is so much I want to ask, and so much I want to tell.” The photos are appealing in that they give the impression that the artist has travelled through time to spend a few moments hanging out with herself as a child.
Chino Otsuka lives in the UK and is involved in a variety of artistic pursuits. You can find out more about her work on her website.
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- Adult and child versions of Chino Otsuka appear together in this unusual and intriguing art work.
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- Although these two people could be mother and child, it is actually Chino Otsuka posing with herself with the help of Photoshop.
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- Chino Otsuka has inserted her adult self into this childhood photograph to give the impression that she has travelled through time.
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- Chino Otsuka poses with her childhood self outside a shop in Paris, France.
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- Japanese artist Chino Otsuka takes a nap with herself in this superimposed photographic artwork.
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- Several decades on, Chino Otsuka still isn’t pleased with the snowman she made as a child.
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- The adult and childhood versions of Chino Otsuka admire the view from a bridge in this Photoshopped picture.
