Uchujin-The Blog

Center Gai, Shibuya, Tokyo.
The rarely seen and almost never photographed mating ritual of the “bleached coiffure construction worker” and the “covered face fascist”.

The ritual begins with the construction worker, seen here in his usual green coloured plumage, feigning sleep in the middle of a busy pedestrian street, the perfect tactic to attract the attentions of the increasingly prevalent “covered face” species of the Tokyo blue fascist.(A bizarre mutation of the blue fascist made possible by the acquiescence of the unusually docile native animals in this particular area) Read more…

Over on Magnesium Photos I have just published a new piece about the Rath Yatra festival in Puri, Orrisa, India.
A huge hindu festival where over a million devotees flock to a small town on the east coast of India every year.

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Nothing like a good name drop, especially if it’s someone revered by millions of people world wide as a living god.
I recently came across this picture thanks to my dearest friend Falsalama (see my portrait of him HERE).
The original photo was taken by Claire Pullinger and this must have been taken in 1999, when Falsalama and I were soundmen for His Holiness in Bodh Gaya, India for his teachings over the millenium.

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In honor of my dear friend Jon Ellis (he of “it’ll all end in tears” fame) and his 3 accomplices, Thomas Orand, Toshiya Watanabe and Dairou Kogas’ exhibition at Place M in Shinjuku, Tokyo, running until Feburary 14th 2010,  I am posting 3 of my recent favorite pictures of the man who makes Andrew Eldrich look not goth enough.

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Once again while the (allegedly) omnipotent, omnipresent one was having a day off, last Sunday, the (allegedly) evil horned one and I were not.

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A selection of photos from my “Let the poets cry themselves to sleep” series recently appeared on the CNNgo site.
People started twittering about it, then someone Dugg it and it made it to the front page and then all hell broke loose.
It has been blogged on at least 30 blogs that I know about and probably many more that I don’t.
(I’m getting several Google Alert emails a day about it)

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(Protestor holding a banner with Ichiro Ozawa(secretary-general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan) and Yukio Hatoyama’s (Current Prime minister of Japan) faces added to Nazi propaganda poster declaring that- “My rights and rule are foremost” , “What is government rule, corruption?” ,”Mama can I have some more child allowance”)

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The latest shot from my “Talented Friends” series.

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So I hadn’t really thought thru my naming system for these “from the archives” posts, as what was 2 years ago just a month ago is now 3 years ago…….

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Over on the Magnesium Photos site, a new and very exciting worldwide  photo agency I have recently become a part of, you will find a new piece by me entitled “Sticker Art in Tokyo”.
The piece is a teaser for an upcoming book I have been working on for the past 3 years documenting the sticker art scene here in Tokyo.

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