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'''Mia Nakano''' is an American photographer, filmmaker, educator, printer, activist, a founding editor of [[Hyphen (magazine)|''Hyphen'' magazine]], and Project Director of the Visibility Project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visibilityproject.org/about-the-project/contributors/|title = Visibility Project Website|accessdate = 2014-10-19}}</ref>

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Mia Nakano is a photographer, filmmaker, educator, printer, activist, a founding editor of [[Hyphen (magazine)|''Hyphen'' magazine]], and Project Director of the Visibility Project. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visibilityproject.org/about-the-project/contributors/|title = Visibility Project Website|accessdate = 10/19/14}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==


Mia co-founded [[Hyphen (magazine)|''Hyphen'' magazine]] in 2003 as the photo editor. <ref>{{cite web|first1=Gwendolyn|title=The Academic Feminist: Summer at the archives with the Visibility Project|url=http://feministing.com/2013/08/01/the-academic-feminist-summer-at-the-archives-with-the-visibility-project/|website=Feministing}}</ref> As of 2014, she launched the LGBT section of Hyphen<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/lgbtq|title = Hyphen Magazine Blog|date = |accessdate = 10/19/2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>.
Mia co-founded [[Hyphen (magazine)|''Hyphen'' magazine]] in 2003 as the photo editor.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gwendolyn|title=The Academic Feminist: Summer at the archives with the Visibility Project|url=http://feministing.com/2013/08/01/the-academic-feminist-summer-at-the-archives-with-the-visibility-project/|website=Feministing|access-date=2014-10-19|archive-date=2014-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019215709/http://feministing.com/2013/08/01/the-academic-feminist-summer-at-the-archives-with-the-visibility-project/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2014, she launched the [[LGBT]] section of Hyphen.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/lgbtq|title = Hyphen Magazine Blog|date = |accessdate = 2014-10-19|website = |last = |first = }}</ref>


In 2007, Nakano travelled to Nepal for a photojournalism internship with the Kathmandu Post. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Hing|first1=Julianne|title=Spotlight: Mia Nakano|url=http://colorlines.com/archives/2009/07/spotlight_mia_nakano.html|website=Colorlines|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ochoa|first1=Cecca|title=A Queer Aperture: Mia Nakano and the Visibility Project|url=http://www.apogeejournal.org/a-queer-aperture-mia-nakano-and-the-visibility-project/|website=Apogee}}</ref> There, Nakano connected with the Blue Diamond Society, a LGBT organization, and collaborated with them to take photos of the Nepal's LGBT community.
In 2007, Nakano travelled to Nepal for a photojournalism internship with the [[The Kathmandu Post|Kathmandu Post]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hing|first1=Julianne|title=Spotlight: Mia Nakano|url=http://colorlines.com/archives/2009/07/spotlight_mia_nakano.html|website=Colorlines|accessdate=19 October 2014|date=July 2009|archive-date=7 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707185705/http://colorlines.com/archives/2009/07/spotlight_mia_nakano.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ochoa|first1=Cecca|title=A Queer Aperture: Mia Nakano and the Visibility Project|url=http://www.apogeejournal.org/a-queer-aperture-mia-nakano-and-the-visibility-project/|website=Apogee|date=2013-09-10}}</ref> There, Nakano connected with the [[Blue Diamond Society]], an LGBT organization, and collaborated with them to take photos of Nepal's LGBT community.


== Visibility Project ==
== Visibility Project ==
Mia continued documenting LGBT communities once she returned to the United States through the Visibility Project. [http://www.visibilityproject.org/ The Visibility Project] is a collaboration with ''Hyphen'' Magazine. <ref>{{cite web||title=Mia Nakano and Hyphen Magazine|url=http://creativeworkfund.org/?portfolio=mia-nakano-and-hyphen-magazine}}</ref>
Mia continued documenting LGBT communities once she returned to the United States through the Visibility Project. The Visibility Project is a collaboration with ''Hyphen'' Magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mia Nakano and Hyphen Magazine|url=http://creativeworkfund.org/?portfolio=mia-nakano-and-hyphen-magazine}}</ref>

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The Visibility Project has been exhibited at [[Ohio State University]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Mia Nakano's The Visibility Project|url=http://wgss.osu.edu/events/mia-nakanos-visibility-project|website=The Ohio State University|date=2014-10-13}}</ref> the Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia,<ref>{{cite web|author=Gwendolyn|title=The Academic Feminist: Summer at the archives with the Visibility Project|url=http://feministing.com/2013/08/01/the-academic-feminist-summer-at-the-archives-with-the-visibility-project/|website=Feministing|access-date=2014-10-19|archive-date=2014-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019215709/http://feministing.com/2013/08/01/the-academic-feminist-summer-at-the-archives-with-the-visibility-project/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, [[Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center]]'s Asian-Latino Festival in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://apa.si.edu/asianlatino/art.html|title = Smithsonian Art Intersections Exhibit|accessdate = 2014-10-19|publisher = Smithsonian|archive-date = 2013-07-31|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130731221703/http://apa.si.edu/asianlatino/art.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>

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Nakano was a panelist at Leeway Foundation's REVOLVE: An Art for Social Change Symposium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leeway.org/events/revolve_an_art_for_social_change_symposium/#.VEQIxPnF9xs|accessdate = 2014-10-19|title = Leeway Foundation: revolve an art for social change symposium|date = 2013-10-05}}</ref>

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Her work has been featured in Colorlines, Kathmandu Post, Motherjones.com, [[Democracy Now!|DemocracyNow!]], and freethehikers.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visibilityproject.org/about-the-project/contributors/|title = Visibility Project About the Contributors}}</ref>

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In 2014, The Visibility Project collaborated with Hyphen Magazine to create ''LGBTQ Hyphen'', the first LGBTQ-dedicated section in a nationwide and mainstream magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2014/06/lgbtq-hyphen-section-highlights-lgbtq-aapi-voices|title = LGBTQ Hyphen section highlights LGBTQ AAPI voices|date = June 24, 2014}}</ref>


== References ==
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The Visibility Project has been exhibited at Ohio State University, <ref>{{cite web|title=Mia Nakano's The Visibility Project|url=http://wgss.osu.edu/events/mia-nakanos-visibility-project|website=The Ohio State University}}</ref> the Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia, <ref>{{cite web|first1=Gwendolyn|title=The Academic Feminist: Summer at the archives with the Visibility Project|url=http://feministing.com/2013/08/01/the-academic-feminist-summer-at-the-archives-with-the-visibility-project/|website=Feministing}}</ref> the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's Asian-Latino Festival in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apa.si.edu/asianlatino/art.html|title = Smithsonian Art Intersections Exhibit|accessdate = 10/19/14|publisher = Smithsonian}}</ref>
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== External links ==
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Nakano was a panelist at Leeway Foundation's REVOLVE: An Art for Social Change Symposium. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leeway.org/events/revolve_an_art_for_social_change_symposium/#.VEQIxPnF9xs|accessdate = 10/19/14|title = Leeway Foundation: revolve an art for social change symposium|date = 10/5/2013}}</ref>
* [https://www.mianakano.com/ Mia Nakano's website]
* [http://www.visibilityproject.org/ The Visibility Project]
* [http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/category/lgbtq LGBTQ Hyphen]


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Her work has been featured in Colorlines, Kathmandu Post, Motherjones.com, DemocracyNow!, and freethehikers.org. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visibilityproject.org/about-the-project/contributors/|title = Visibility Project About the Contributors}}</ref>


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In 2014, The Visibility Project collaborated with Hyphen Magazine to create [http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/category/lgbtq LGBTQ Hyphen], the first LGBTQ-dedicated section in a nationwide and mainstream magazine. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2014/06/lgbtq-hyphen-section-highlights-lgbtq-aapi-voices|title = LGBTQ Hyphen section highlights LGBTQ AAPI voices|date = June 24, 2014}}</ref>
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Mia Nakano is an American photographer, filmmaker, educator, printer, activist, a founding editor of Hyphen magazine, and Project Director of the Visibility Project.[1]

Career

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Mia co-founded Hyphen magazine in 2003 as the photo editor.[2] As of 2014, she launched the LGBT section of Hyphen.[3]

In 2007, Nakano travelled to Nepal for a photojournalism internship with the Kathmandu Post.[4][5] There, Nakano connected with the Blue Diamond Society, an LGBT organization, and collaborated with them to take photos of Nepal's LGBT community.

Visibility Project

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Mia continued documenting LGBT communities once she returned to the United States through the Visibility Project. The Visibility Project is a collaboration with Hyphen Magazine.[6]

The Visibility Project has been exhibited at Ohio State University,[7] the Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia,[8] the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's Asian-Latino Festival in 2013.[9]

Nakano was a panelist at Leeway Foundation's REVOLVE: An Art for Social Change Symposium.[10]

Her work has been featured in Colorlines, Kathmandu Post, Motherjones.com, DemocracyNow!, and freethehikers.org.[11]

In 2014, The Visibility Project collaborated with Hyphen Magazine to create LGBTQ Hyphen, the first LGBTQ-dedicated section in a nationwide and mainstream magazine.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Visibility Project Website". Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  2. ^ Gwendolyn. "The Academic Feminist: Summer at the archives with the Visibility Project". Feministing. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  3. ^ "Hyphen Magazine Blog". Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  4. ^ Hing, Julianne (July 2009). "Spotlight: Mia Nakano". Colorlines. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ^ Ochoa, Cecca (2013-09-10). "A Queer Aperture: Mia Nakano and the Visibility Project". Apogee.
  6. ^ "Mia Nakano and Hyphen Magazine".
  7. ^ "Mia Nakano's The Visibility Project". The Ohio State University. 2014-10-13.
  8. ^ Gwendolyn. "The Academic Feminist: Summer at the archives with the Visibility Project". Feministing. Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  9. ^ "Smithsonian Art Intersections Exhibit". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  10. ^ "Leeway Foundation: revolve an art for social change symposium". 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  11. ^ "Visibility Project About the Contributors".
  12. ^ "LGBTQ Hyphen section highlights LGBTQ AAPI voices". June 24, 2014.
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