Project Report : Osaka

The Osaka team was comprised of Paul, who is passionate but plays it cool, Hiromi, who is a leader with a go-getter personality, Polly, who is sensitive and considerate of everyone, and Shinji, who looks at things from a unique perspective. Even when team members were shooting in the same place, they all came up with very different photos. Who could have known that individuality would come shining through so much in the pictures they took? In the process of photo selection and caption writing, you could see clearly what caught them by surprise, what questions they asked, how they were persuaded and how they persuaded, how they compromised, and how thoughtful they were of each other. It is because these four very different people made up the team that they had an experience none of them would have had on their own, and that they created a final product that none could have achieved alone.

Taking pictures for the first time in a new place, a new culture, and with new people was no doubt difficult both physically and emotionally, perhaps enough to want to give up. But the team kept going until the end without trying to evade the task. I would like to express my deepest respect and heartfelt gratitude to the team for their outstanding effort.

(Harashima Yoko, Osaka Team Guide)