Quite a year that there 2011, I’ll leave the eloquent round ups to more qualified writers with better spelling than me and just post a previously unseen photo from each month.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Merry Christmas 2011
To all my friends and family near and far, old friends and new friends and those no longer with us. Merry Christmas.
Total Lunar Eclipse 10th December 2011
Just a little timelapse sequence I threw together of the total lunar eclipse on 10th December 2011 as seen from Tokyo.
Friday Nights
Funkier than a gnat’s tweeter?
For your Friday amusement.
Uchujin circa 1991
Muju World Promo – Tokyo Dreams
A good and ridiculously talented friend ‘Muju’ recently hired me to do a few promo shots of his newest T-shirt designs but being the contrary trouble maker that I am I decided to make a promo video instead – a trick only really pullable when the client is one of your oldest and dearest friends.
Indecent exposure?
Weird paste-up sticker seen in Kabukicho.
Just that.
It ain’t over till the ‘Flower of the dead’ blooms
The Lycoris Radiata blooms and I know summer is over.
Charlie “Two Cute Dogs” Kirk – A Documentary
Charlie “Two Cute Dogs” Kirk is a 37 year old oxbridge educated Englishman who has been living in Japan for the last 9 years. He has been taking photographs for about 2 years and has been reasonably happy with some of his pictures for about the last year. He recently quit his job as an obscenely well paid lawyer to take a shortish sabbatical in order to scare more people with his flash.
A few months ago I had just finished a fiction short film project and was talking to a friend about what I wanted to do next. Film making had been a logical progression from my photography work and I had decided I wanted to make a short documentary film, but about what?
Anti Nuclear Protest Tokyo – 19th September 2011
The scenes that started in Meiji park around midday yesterday and continued throught the day as a 50,000 people strong crowd marched through the streets of Tokyo to protest Nuclear power are quite simply the most impressive thing I have ever seen in Japan.
“Two Cute Dogs” – Charlie Kirk – A documentary – The Trailer
Brilliant World
I recently shot both a catalogue and a look book for the Tokyo based fashion label ‘Brilliant World’.
Yasukuni Shrine – August 15th 2011 – Right wing fun in the sun
***UPDATE*** There have been some unpleasant insinuations and comments about my morals and political views concerning the content of this post.
Please be sure to read my replies to the commenters.
Australia Pt.3 – Singapore Airport Butterfly Garden (ok, so not technically Australia)
14 hours in Singapore’s Changi airport and a disclaimer about going soft, hence the butterlies.
Australia Pt.2 – The Pinnacles
Australia Pt.1 – My oldest friend, black boys and cute wildlife
In Praise Of Young Men
Frankiki – Morrigan from Dragon Age – Cosplay Shoot
Tokyo-Ga Charity Photo Book
I recently contributed some photos to the Tokyo-Ga Charity Photo book, which is now completed and on sale.
39 photographers from around the world donated photographs in the hope of raising money to help the victims of the 3/11 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
Sean Lotman – New website
My good friend the obscenely well read, handsome S.O.B. and all round good guy Mr Sean Lotman, writer, photographer, dabbling haiku poet and street corner philosopher has just put up his new photography website to compliment his writing site and haiku blog.
Yuko Goto – Make-up Artist
My friend and colleague Yuko Goto, an amazing make-up artist has finally(!) got her website up and running. http://www.yukogoto.com
Charlie “two cute dogs” Kirk
It’s not often I get invited to a dog’s birthday party, even less often a birthday party for 2 dogs.
But that is what happened yesterday.
Hit me baby one more time
Last night I got a present from a friends fiance.
Anti Nuclear Protest Shibuya – 7th May 2011
Not that you’d know it from any domestic media but there was a 5000 strong anti nuclear protest in the very heart of Tokyo on Saturday 7th May 2011.
Tattoo
Finally my tattoo back piece is finished! A photo and a short timelapse to celebrate!