156:. With the help of two translators, she gained access to photograph rooms in several hotels, and even the diaries left in rooms by visitors. She describes these images as both a study of private and public space, a topic common to much of her other work, as well as a study of the nature of sex and romance in modern Japan.
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camera and analogue film, she took photographs in ambient light that required long exposure times, and collaborated with Laura Steele to retouch the photographs in post-production to better convey the visitor experience. She took portraits with a "full studio setup," often flying cross-country to
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