- A striking portrait from Phan Quang’s "Re/cover" shows four generations of a family draped in a diaphanous white veil — a visual symbol of both marriage and the silence surrounding their mixed Japanese–Vietnamese heritage.
- Children born to Japanese soldiers and Vietnamese women during World War II often faced stigma, legal and social hardship, and forced separation (many soldiers left in 1955); the photographer highlights intimate stories like that of Lê Thị Xuân and Yoshiharu Shimizu, who lived together for nine years before being separated.
- Phan spent years locating and gaining the trust of these families; the series — blending staged and documentary shots — is being shown at Rencontres d’Arles and ties into wider, still-unfinished efforts at recognition (Emperor Akihito met some descendants in 2017).
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