Mia Nakano Photography

11/20/2014

Little Rock Central High School, the site of desegregation in LR and another key component of civil rights history.

11/19/2014

11/19/2014

Teaching students at Oberlin how to make tintypes from digital positives. It was music to my ears when they gathered around the darkroom sink and "oooohhhheeed" in unison as the plate cleared and came into visual focus.

02/07/2014

The Cheese School of San Francisco has a new website! We've been busy working on it for about 3 months and it just launched yesterday!!! Super proud. It's responsive, filled with gorgeous photos, and mobile friendly.

Thank you to Sandra Murray, Sita Bhaumik, and Robert Carras for your design and photography work.

http://thecheeseschool.com/

10/23/2013

10/02/2013

Some of my tintypes will be at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco. The reception is tomorrow from 6-9pm. Come through, say hi, and take a photo with me next to the tintypes. yay!!

Tintypes from the Visibility Project will be in an Intersection for the Arts exhibition. Reception is this Wednesday, October 2nd (6-9pm).

If California were a country, as of 2012 it would have been the 9th largest economy and the 34th most populous nation in the world. California is the most populous state in the United States, home to 1 out of 8 Americans. This exhibition is inspired by the countless stories and people that make up the state – from the Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz to residents a block away on the corner of 6th and Mission Streets, from a senior synchronized swimming team in Orange County to a youth Scraper Bike Team in East Oakland. Califas features work by Andrea Blum, California is a Place: A Documentary Project by Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari, Mia Nakano, Joan Osato, Joel Daniel Phillips, SF Postcard Project, and Jenifer K. Wofford & Kyle Herbert.

http://www.visibilityproject.org/califas-exhibition-in-san-francisco/

08/27/2013

One of my tintype's is currently the profile picture for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's page!!! Yay!!!

One of my photographs is currently the profile picture for the Smithsonian Asian American Center's page :-) Yay!

08/12/2013

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Lia Rose album launch at the The Chapel, with Kelly McFarling.

08/06/2013

hahaha!! yes :-)

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08/05/2013

OMG! I just got back from vacation to find out about this via Hyphen magazine. Tintypes I made are going to be shown at a pop-up exhibition through the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. I'm so excited. Discussions about immigration!!!

http://apa.si.edu/asianlatino/art.html

To celebrate the cultural intersections of Asian and Latino cultures, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Latino Center have collaborated to bring you public talks, pop-up museums, and digital exhibitions.

08/04/2013

my mom has frequently accused me of "frittering" away my money on camera/video gear. after reading this article, i can proudly say i don't have G.A.S. i use all of the equipment I have!! although i did hafta think about it a little bit before making that declaration.

People will do just about anything to alleviate their anxiety. During the last year of writing my doctoral thesis, the worry about being able to finish gre