Shigeyuki Kihara: Living Photographs - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gossip Sessions

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Gossip Sessions, 2002
Black Sunday series
C-print on dibond aluminum, 2008
Courtesy of Shigeyuki Kihara

Tasi ae afe

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Tasi ae afe: One but a Million, 2002
Black Sunday series
C-print on dibond aluminum, 2008
Courtesy of Shigeyuki Kihara

Afa tasi

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Afa tasi: Half of One, 2002
Black Sunday series
C-print on dibond aluminum, 2008
Courtesy of Shigeyuki Kihara

My Samoan Girl

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
My Samoan Girl, 2004–05
Fa'a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman series
C-print, 2007
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Evelyn A. J. Hall Charitable Trust and Stephanie H. Bernheim Gifts, 2007 (2007.356)

Fa'a fafine

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Fa'a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman, Triptych 1, 2004–05
Fa'a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman series
C-print, 2007
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Evelyn A. J. Hall Charitable Trust and Stephanie H. Bernheim Gifts, 2007 (2007.357)

Sina ma tuna

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Sina ma tuna: Sina and Her Eel, 2003
Faleaitu: House of Spirits series
C-print on dibond aluminum, 2008
Courtesy of artist Shigeyuki Kihara and photographer Sean Coyle

Taema ma tilafaiga

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Taema ma tilafaiga: Goddess of Tatau, 2004
Vavau: Tales of Ancient Samoa series
C-print on dibond aluminum, 2008
Courtesy of artist Shigeyuki Kihara and photographer Sean Coyle

Tonumaipe'a

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Shigeyuki Kihara (b. Samoa, 1975)
Tonumaipe'a: How She Was Saved by the Bat, 2004
Vavau: Tales of Ancient Samoa series
C-print on dibond aluminum, 2008
Courtesy of artist Shigeyuki Kihara and photographer Sean Coyle