Go Takayama pursues towards his own ethnic passion and lifetime goal of promoting the understanding of issues challenging Asian countries, by creating a Pan-Asian bridge between them and the U.S., and developing relationships among the people of China, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. His feeling is that we can achieve greater progress by tackling this as a multinational concern, or more effectively as “one nation.” Currently based in Beijing, China, he pursues his personal project. He's seeking an assignment worldwide that enables him to develop his skills to achieve his lifetime goal. He is one of the participants for the last year's Missouri Photo Workshop 61, and has received the Spirit of the Workshop Award. He has completed his internships with Patuxent Publishing Company in Columbia, Maryland (January - May, 09) and Evansville Courier and Press in Evansville, Ind., (August - December, 08). He possesses dual bachelor's degrees in photojournalism and political science from OH