When you mention the Obon holidays, one usually envisions crowded tourist destinations and traffic jams on the highways. However, this year’s Obon has changed considerably due to COVID-19.
Here at DRI, we usually find it difficult to take vacation time off, but this year our photographers were able to take 3 days of vacation. So I asked each of them to submit one photo from their vacation. It’s interesting how each of their personalities are conveyed in their photos.
This period of “social distancing” has afforded many, us included, time for introspection. These photos clearly reflect the usually difficult subject of conveying “individuality”. Even though monochromatic film is, to make a play on words, “negative”, it is our responsibility to try and portray things in a positive light in these trying times.
