When I was looking through the photos there was one that struck me as being a ‘familiar’ pose. I have chosen #37, a photo of a toddler on his tricycle with a note written on the back saying 1 year 5 months. When I saw this photo, it reminded me of a photo I had seen of my husband Peter when he was a toddler. I don’t know how old Peter is in the photo but there is the universal similarity of an adult (?) taking a photo of a child enjoying themselves with an object that gives them a sense of independence and adventure. Many of the Untitled Showa photos are said to be from the 1950s and Peter was born in 1957, so I like to think that he was growing up at the same time as the young Japanese boy perhaps going through some of the same ‘milestones’ in his life as Peter has here in Sydney.

I studied Japanese at the University of Canberra, worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London with Japanese students and lived in Japan for a year as a Rotary Exchange Student as well as two years on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET). I am currently a Gallery Host at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney (MCA), after many years in the airlines/aviation industry in areas of customer relations, operations, aviation security and airport management. I am a Life Member, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (now NextSense) for work with Qantas Pathfinders Auxiliary.
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