Week 19

I thought about doing a "Chuo no shita" (Under the Center) theme one of these weeks. Maybe stop at some of the major stations and shoot the underbelly of one of the main arteries out of downtown Tokyo.

The Chuo Line stretches from Tokyo station for many miles through the west suburbs of Tokyo. These shots were taken around the historic red brick Tokyo Station. Brick is not usually used in Japan due to it's inability to withstand strong earthquakes.

Again the steel and concrete has managed to capture my attention, probably because it's everywhere. So here is a book reflecting another metropolis known for it's brick, steel and concrete. Followed by three shots under the Chuo.








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Week 18

I bought this book a few months ago. Great idea, but hard to look at due to it's fragile pages and volume. It's literally 1000 images by Philip-Lorca diCorcia. He's known for his portraits which appear to be posed, but are just street shots.

Kind of random images this week due to rain and lack of time. Also, new enlarger and darkroom is up and running. So printing some old stuff at home by hand.









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Week 17

I'm not a huge fan of architectural photography or Hiroshi Sugimoto, but he is who I think of when I photograph buildings or shapes around Tokyo. This book above is simply called "Architecture" and is not his most popular work. But this weeks images reminded me of this book.







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Week 16

"Sleeping by the Mississippi" by Alec Soth is another one of my favorites. He has a pattern throughout his work I think is very effective. Portrait, place and thing. They tell a mini story within a larger series of photos. Highly recommend this one.













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Week 15

I'm always reminded on these trips back home of what is real and what we produce and what we look like as Americans. I feel pretty Japanese here and I love going home to what seems like a distant reality. Not all blonde hair, blue eyes, tall or well built. Just normal people and same old places. So I thought I post this book by Martin Parr and John Gossage. Check it out. I'll post another one of my favorite American themed photo books by Alec Soth next week.



The 10 days spent in the U.S. for our party were nice, but we barely had time to take pics of our event there let alone relax. We had a good time despite our busy schedule and I did manage to get a few keepers of Wisconsin though. On the sofa with Poochie, Takeaki taking pics and a couple strolling through Madison on a seemingly hot day. I even accidentally opened the camera before rewinding this roll. Lucky me.






I took the following week's images at the end of our week in Wisconsin after all was said and done. I tried a few different angles and ideas in attempt to capture what the week involved, but from an aftermath and somewhat exhausted perspective. You will see what I mean in the next few posts. Everyone else caught the festivities on their cameras anyway. Thanks for the great shots everyone.

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Week 14

I've gotten a little bit behind on the posts, but more to come of the trip to the US in week 15 and 16. Before we left for the US, we had a show in Shimokitazawa here in Tokyo. She rocked the bass to a packed venue. A great performance! That same week, I took a bike ride to the Tama River. This was the not so popular side. I liked the depth in the second image.






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