Lieh Sugai is a visual artist born in Japan and based in New York. She draws on her dual perspective as a Japanese immigrant living in the United States to inform her photographic and video work. A former student at Pratt Institute, she was awarded the 2024 En Foco Photography Fellowship and was named a finalist for the 2024 Penumbra Foundation Workspace Program. This year, she is the winner of the Premi Fotografia Femina, awarded by @fisheyelemag and the @incadaques_festival, for her series Kaikou, which means “encounter” in Japanese. Unable to return to her native Japan, she sought out subjects in America that resonated with her own memories - leading her to reflect on the meaning of home. Her work blends various photographic techniques, such as analog processes and chemigrams, to explore our relationship to memory and remembrance Printing by @granondigital On view at @incadaques_festival until October 26.