(CNN) Everything is not what it seems in Everett Kennedy Brown 's captivating photographic series on Japan's samurai. While Brown's photographs look like artifacts from the warriors' feudal-period heyday, they document the unique fashions and aesthetic of modern-day samurai. His subjects are members of a community of samurai descendents in Soma, Fukushima, who keep the fighters' traditions alive today. Photographs of people who participated in the festival in the past and the traditional costumes they wore line the walls of present-day Soma residents' homes, Brown added. For his next project, Brown wants to explore how the roots of Japanese samurai fashion can be found throughout the world.

Source: CNN March 27, 2017 01:07 UTC