An Excerpt from an interview about Takako by Conscious Magazine – NYC Sarah Takako Skinner, also known as Takako, has taken thousands of photographs throughout her career as a NYC-based photographer and her goal has been one thing and one thing only: to show the dichotomy between what we truly feel and what we show to others. Takako’s gift is her ability to connect with the secret side of a person and her gift sparks the conversation about how, and in what ways, we can create our own realities on a day-by-day basis. Takako says of her method, “I allow my subjects to express themselves in a new way, giving them the pathway to see who they really are or how they want to be, in a safe and exciting environment–to be aware of themselves in a way they have felt but probably haven’t seen.” Her photos are images of the transitions that make up our personalities–the darkest and lightest moments seen through the lens of simplicity and openness. The people she photographs use these captured moments for self-reflection. “I know the people captured in my lens are inspired and I want them to feel powerful, because that is what they are,” Takako says. “As a team, our goal is to make that happen in the most organic and natural way possible.”