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‘The Sea Speaks His Name’ Review: Absorbing Indonesian Political Thriller Is an Ode to Disappeared Activists

In an age where some call themselves activists merely through social media posting, stories of the dangers, consequences and occasional, very hard-won rewards of boots-on-the-ground political activism have additional potency. Though Yosep Anggi Noen’s compellingly angry and anguished “The Sea Speaks His Name” is set predominantly in the 1990s, chronicling grassroots student resistance to…

‘The Sea Speaks His Name’ Review: Absorbing Indonesian Political Thriller Is an Ode to Disappeared Activists

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The Underground Art of Traditional Japanese Tattooing

There are many ways to look at a dragon. In The Japanese Tattoo, a new photobook by writer and photographer Manami Okazaki, one can begin with the obvious pleasures: the curve of its body across a…

  • Photographer Manami Okazaki explores traditional Japanese tattooing, wabori.
  • Book "The Japanese Tattoo" details full-body tattoos and craftsmen.
  • Edo-period firefighters used tattoos for trade identification and camaraderie.

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