Sudo Ayano is a photographer who captures her subjects with a desire to transform that transcends gender. Her highly idealized images seem to fit in the space between shojo manga and photography. For her 2013 series Gespenster that centered around girls who went missing, Sudo won the Canon New Cosmos Photography competition. Her works continue to expand on this theme of going between imaginary worlds and reality.
To commemorate the publishing of a limited-edition photobook printed by Canon’s D…
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