Oyako (An Ode to Parents and Children

• Prize
  Gold in People/Family
• Photographer
  Bruce Osborn
• Agency / Studio
  Ozone Inc.
• Photo Date
  August 2018

Oyako is the Japanese word for parent and child. This series started with an assignment to photograph punk musicians when I hit on the idea of photographing them with their parents. I thought it would be an amusing way to bring out the differences in lifestyles and fashions between the two generations. The pictures revealed so much, I decided to continue exploring this theme as a way of looking at how their culture adapts to change. Covering Japanese society in all its variety, I took musicians, sushi chefs, monks, sports figures, adult film actresses, celebrities and the family next door.