Coventry’s Warwick Arts Centre is this spring and early summer presenting an exhibition of work by revered Okinawan photographer Mao Ishikawa.

Featuring more than 60 photos from the 1970s onwards, the show includes images from Mao’s iconic Women Of Okinawa series. The exhibition shows in the arts centre’s Mead Gallery from Friday 2 May to Sunday 22 June. 

Ishikawa is renowned for her raw images of daily life in her home of Okinawa, which was controlled by the USA until the island was returned to Japanese sovereignty in 1972, though it continues to be occupied by US troops. The photographer's powerful images examine the complex colonial, racial and sexual dynamics for those who Okinawa is home to.

To find out more about the photographer and her work, visit the venue’s website.