Michitane Soma, the head of an 800-year-old samurai clan in Soma, Fukushima. Everett Kennedy Brown Photographer Everett Kennedy Brown used a 19th-century technique create portraits of modern-day descendents of samurai. Everett Kennedy Brown Use of a wet plate collodion process makes the photographs look historical, the photographer said. Everett Kennedy Brown Brown hopes that the images will engage the subjects and viewers to think about history and how it is made. Everett Kennedy Brown Each person who posed for a portrait had to sit still for up to two full seconds. Everett Kennedy Brown Brown only used one shot per person. Everett Kennedy Brown The models are both descendents of important samurai families and local Soma residents with a strong attachment to this tradition. Everett Kennedy Brown Brown grew interested in the distinct patterns and motifs found on his subjects' clothes. Everett Kennedy Brown Brown hopes to foster a cultural dialogue between fashion designers and local Soma residents on the roots of samurai fashion. Everett Kennedy Brown A samurai helmet captured in one of Brown's photographs. Everett Kennedy Brown Prev Next
