Kudaka, Okinawa Sachiko Kadoi which set him on the

which set him on the path to becoming a photographer himself

Featuring photographs of cramped apartments

she captured nature with a 6x6 medium-format camera

and the underlying presence of mortality

Against a black background

Kudaka, Okinawa Sachiko Kadoi which set him on theLocated off the coast of the former Chinen Village in Okinawa, Kudaka Island is a slender strip of land approximately eight kilometers in circumference. It is revered as the sacred birthplace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, where the creator deity Amamikiyo is said to have first descended. Often called the "Island of Gods," Kudaka is dotted with Utakisacred sites where gods and ancestors are believed to visit from Niraikanai, the mythical utopia across the