Kazuho Kurita

“I hope that you will feel how beautiful sign language is and have an opportunity to think about what deafness is.”

Meet Kazuho

Born in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Kazuho Kurita is a photographer, sign language interpreter, and a member of the art collective called Circus Vision. Introduced to sign language and the deaf community at age 23, Kazuho is fascinated by the beauty and subtlety of sign language, and considers himself an interpreter first, and an artist second. Through his photographs and documentaries featuring friends and acquaintances who have different abilities, illnesses, and modes of expression, he aims to help hearing people better understand how others communicate.

For the Artist Development Fund, he took his inspiration from the Celebration of Self creative brief. The project focuses on depicting disabled people and exploring all the human senses. Of his work with deaf people, Kazuho says, “It’s a collaborative work with my friends who are deaf. I hope that you will feel how beautiful sign language is and have an opportunity to think about what deafness is.”

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