Akihiko Okamura came to Ireland in the late 1960s to visit before moving here in 1969. He continually photographed the conflict in the North, generating a collection of work that has been largely unseen to date.
Akihiko Okamura ‘The Memories of Others’, a new Exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland features the work of a Japanese photographer who moved to Ireland in 1969. Video: Bryan O'Brien
The Memories of Others exhibition, which opens on Thursday, consists of Okamura’s photographs, a documentary film and the first publication of his work in Ireland.
Okamura, who was a photographer during the Vietnam War and prisoner of the Vietcong for 53 days, captured a range of day-to-day snapshots of life in Ireland during the Troubles until his death in 1985.