Issey Miyake asked me to contribute to an exhibition on Chocolate, he was curating with the designer Naoto Fukasawa. Chocolate in Japan has become a luxury product with organised tastings- similar to wine. I decided it would be interesting to explore the disparity between the producer and consumer. I choose the Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest cacoa producing country. These farmers of cocoa beans were photographed in the village of Zongokro in the 25km no-man’s land dividing the country since the civil war in 2003, they earn less than a $1 per day.

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These portraits are photographic reflections on my personal childhood. Melancholic and feeling out of place, I often turned to books and ballet to be transported to a world more inspiring than my own. I also found solace in talking to teddy bears. Later used in Alles ist Erleucht. – Linna Xu

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