親子の日 - Oyako Day

〜Present to the future〜

Oyako means parent and child in Japanese and was originally the name I gave to a photo series I have now been working on since 1982. At the time, I had a magazine assignment to photograph punk musicians. This job came in just before the birth of my first child, so I was also thinking a lot about becoming a father. These two thoughts just naturally converged when I hit on the idea of photographing the rockers with their parents. I figured it would be an amusing way to bring out the differences in lifestyles and fashions between the two generations, but what came back was infinitely more. The pictures revealed so much about family relations that it made me want to continue exploring this theme. Little did I know how big of a story it was going to become for me. With the support of my wife, who manages the photo sessions, I have gone on to photograph over 3,000 Oyako and it has become a life long project.

Bruce Osborn Biography

Bruce Osborn was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He graduated from University of Pacific where he majored in fine art. With his sights set on becoming a photographer, he attended Art Center College of Design and then began his professional career working in the music industry. In 1980 he had his first exhibition in Japan. It was very successful and, soon afterwards, Bruce and Yoshiko moved to Tokyo where they continue to live now. Bruce"s camera work appears in many famous publications and advertisements in Japan and overseas. He has gotten awards for his photographs and published several photo books. In addition to photography, he also shoots and directs TV commercials and music videos. To see more of Bruce"s work visit his website

Books featuring Bruce"s photographs

• Oyako (Inks Inc.)
• Kazoku (Kadokawa Shoten)
• Gomennasai (Nipon Hyojun)
• Anti Bambi Syndrome (Hiyoko Sha)
• A Vacant Man"s Vacation (Kodansha)
• Ijintoshi Tokyo (Shinko Music)
• Toshi no Asobikata (Shinshosha)
• Oyabaka Power (Iwasaki Shoten)

親子の日　「ブルース・オズボーン親子写真展」(静岡県写真館協会） 2009

「家族　美しい瞬間」という家族写真展示会

ルース・オズボーン親子写真展」も開かれています。有名・無名を問わず親子の写真を撮った展示会です。

静岡県写真館協会創立80周年記念事業です。

が「親子の日」を提唱され、色々な方の親子写真を撮ることで有名です。今日はその展示会です。

7月の第4日曜日を親子の日と決め、親子の絆を深める一日にしようという事のようです。

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