Less than five minutes into conversation, Susumu Shingu¡¯s wife, Yasuko, pulls out a large binder crammed with photographs, sketches and drawings and starts flipping through images of her husband¡¯s most recent sculptures.

¡°I work for him,¡± she says with a big smile. ¡±All the time.¡±

Shingu laughs, then asks her, ¡°Do you have the photo?¡±