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Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida studied photography in Japan as well as in France, where she lives and works since 1995. Her brilliant photographic portraits capture the timeless tradition reinterpreted by a plethora of cultures throughout history. In addition, Kimiko’s unique artistic vision and vivid ensemble not only blend countless cultures, rituals, and mythologies to summon timeless female beauty; but they also remind us, somehow ironically, of the sheer breadth of human diversity and alikeness we share (AFRO STYLE MAGAZINE,Summer,2012). For the Katara Galleries exhibition the curator has selected works where the artist features her interpretation of Middle Eastern, Arab and North African traditional dress and accessories. As in  all Kimiko’s photographic work, she features in all the works as an absent character, presenting her vision of the culture or cultural aspect she chooses to share with the audience. Her work is of breathtaking lightness and the visitor cannot but get absorbed by the work and identify convergence and dialogue possibilities with the artwork. Through Kimiko’s work the visitor will be able to have access to the elementary pieces of different cultural interpretations, the artist manages in all her work to offer us the essential, the minimal but also the ultimately necessary hints and elements for understanding the “other”, his culture, and ultimately ourselves, in relation to the “other”.