Japanese war photographer who documented Ireland's Troubles

The patience of a keen fisherman translates to his photographic work also and Akihiko Okamura is praised for tender and evocative images
Japanese war photographer who documented Ireland's Troubles

A piece by photographer Akihiko Okamura, exhibited at Photo Museum Ireland

Akihiko Okamura was the Troubles photographer most people had never heard of until these past few weeks, when Photo Museum Ireland announced the world premiere of The Memories of Others — an exhibition of his images at their premises in Temple Bar, Dublin.

Okamura was Japanese, and spent years covering the conflict in Vietnam for Life magazine and other publications before visiting Ireland for the first time in 1968. A year later, aged 40, he settled here permanently with his second wife, Kakuko.

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