{"product_id":"untold-voices","title":"Untold Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUntold Voices\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e began with several vintage family photographs that Chieska Fortune Smith discovered at her family home in Japan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn to an African-American soul singer and a Japanese classical dancer, Fortune Smith has carried a sense of not having a solid grounding since her childhood. By collecting the haunting yet enigmatic moments of everyday life and her vintage family photographs which trace back three generations of her family, she evokes a melancholy as fleeting as a mirage, and transforms them into an exploration of her own roots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e”I’ve never really known how to use my voice. When I picked up a camera, I felt like it was the first time I could express myself, my thoughts and my emotions so accurately and honestly. I don’t know if I was consciously aware that the way I was taking photographs and that the images I chose to capture were influenced by my heritage and my roots. Perhaps the family photos I was surrounded by as a child had seeped into my subconscious and flowed out into my lens. In any case, this is my view; this is my world as I see it.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cairo Apartment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53253205885210,"sku":"9784991178078","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/3793\/files\/untoldvoices.jpg?v=1793291656","url":"https:\/\/villagebooks.co\/products\/untold-voices","provider":"Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}