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Photographer Discovers Forgotten 19th-Century Photos of Japan and Reimagines Them Today

Photographer Discovers Forgotten 19th-Century Photos of Japan and Reimagines Them Today

A split image comparing two women in traditional Japanese kimonos and umbrellas on the left with two women in modern Lolita fashion on the right.

A photographer uncovered a trove of forgotten 19th-century photographs of Japan in her family home and used them as inspiration for a series of modern portraits in a fascinating new book.

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