Mikiko Hara Japanese, b. 1967

June is the beginning of the East Asian monsoon season. Although it's hot and humid and quite unpleasant as I used to experience while living in Japan, the plants and flowers grow strongly and their scent penetrates deep into the atmosphere. The lush colors of leaves and flowers feed your eyes. Mikiko Hara is a Tokyo-based photographer who captures candid portraits of strangers and her surroundings she encounters in her daily life. In her photographs, we see often seasonal references such as a green rice field in this image from...