Subject’ is the first architectural photography project by Noritoshi Hirakawa, who is renown for his erotic and intimate images of young women and dancers. Here his models are staged within the University of Toronto’s Graduate House designed by Thom Mayne, in a contemporary "tableau vivant"…
…The question that Hirakawa cannot answer—and is no clearer after this performance—is, “Does America really have a conscience?” The value of Hirakawa’s work lies in our consideration of this question. The glossy reality of current American life may have left such consideration far behind.