Cherel Ito was no mere tourist. Wandering the world, she sought not just to look at her fellow humans, but to meet their eyes. She marveled at their difference even as she reveled in their sameness. She regarded her camera as a repository of stories, of memories;not just hers, but her subjects', and finally her viewers'. The Family of Man endures in the camera-diary of a woman.
Peter Frank, Senior Curator
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA L.A. Weekly and critic