August the 15th is the anniversary of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.
Every year on this day 1000’s of people go to the controversial Yasukuni shrine in Kudanshita to pay their respects to the war dead (including the 14 class A war criminals whose souls are intered there).
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Danger uncool alert – Flower Macros!
Last night I borrowed a set of Canon extension tubes from a photographer friend, the rather lovely Gullevek.
Today I took way too many macro shots of flowers.
Capt. Muju
It’s been a long month.
The Beats exhibition, house guests, domestic travel, increasing temperatures and the usual slew of rude people on the trains.
Not much time for photography or keeping up with my rss feeds and even less time for blog writing.
I did find time, however, to shoot a portrait of a dear friend and his lovely girlfriend who stayed with us for a week or so though.
Takemura Noa – Portrait shoot
I recently shot a very sweet Japanese ‘talento’ girl, 竹村乃亜 (Takemura Noa) for her portfolio and web site.
I fought the law……..
New Portfolio Site
My new Portfolio site is live. The idea was to provide a minimal number of photographs within an uncluttered interface and larger photos to allow clients to get a quick overview of my work without being faced with the 200 plus images on my main site. If that was the brief I’m reasonably confident that…
T-shirt shopping in the wild west
Peshawar, Pakistan April 2001 , 5 months before, well ok we all know before what. There I was, hanging out in the wild west, staying in a cramped dorm in the only safe hotel in town, beds so close together they were touching, falling asleep to the sound of gunfire every night. I’d met a…
Looking skinny like a model – Update
Same two pictures, but now I’m also featured on the UT store Uniqlo homepage. http://ut.uniqlo.com/stylist I should be happy about it, but there is still a bad taste in my mouth concerning this.No more money as yet.
Narcissus?
Looking skinny like a model…..pt 2
Exhibition with Jim Marshall – kind of.
Exhibition with Jim Marshall – kind of.
I’m now a Getty contributer
Today I received an email from Getty Images via my Flickr account asking if I would like to include some selected images from my Flickr stream in the new Getty Flickr collection. After some thought on the matter I have decided it would be crazy to say no, although I’m sure some of my photographer…
The Tokyo Beats site – Updated!
(most of The Beats-Doing what they do best-Absent without leave The Foamy Green And me cos I was taking the picture) The observant among you will have noticed that the slideshow on the main “Tokyo Beats” page has been updated with 35 new pictures.A little something we are trying out.Each member will select 5 pictures…
The Pretentious Beats?
The Tokyo Beats:-
A loose collective of reprobates, sometime photographers and alcohol abusers of various degrees. Talentless f&%ks with big mouths and bigger egos.
Piece of humble pie anyone?
Recently my wife went to Shanghai for a little well deserved holiday and break from me.
Whenever she goes on these little trips she always brings me back some great presents, but this time she excelled herself.
Behold, a Chairman Mao ‘Commemorate watch No. 368’.
It got me thinking though……….
Santa of Nazareth
A few years ago, before I ever came to Tokyo a friend of mine (who, as an aside is now quite well known in Bollywood…..another story entirely;-), told me that a friend of a friend had once seen a window display in a Tokyo department store that was, to say the least, odd.
The Japanese, for the most part not being Christians, had gotten the Christmas story a little mixed up, and had built a display of a crucified Santa Claus.
The Global Gender Gap
Japan at where on the global gender equality list?
Moonwire And David Teeter
I Wear Black On The Outside.
MEKAS-A Commissoned Shoot
I was recently commissioned to shoot the opening party of the MEKAS website at an insanely expensive and disgustingly trendy club in Omotesando, Tokyo called Le Baron. Luckily they had to let me in as I was working and even more fortuitously there was a free bar ;-)
Rope Brusera
There’s a side street off Dogenzaka in Shibuya, up towards Maruyamacho, where there lurks a strange, strange shop.
Fuck Hotel California!
“you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave”