Week 32

The Spider Leaves

This book shows the twisted power lines and overlapping cityscape's of Tokyo. Similar to a spider's web. Very good book by Osamu Kanemura.

In contrast to Tokyo's web of subways, power lines and millions of people, I noticed in the Tokyo parks how actual spider webs were becoming more visible as the autumn leaves fell and became entangled in them. The webs had probably been there all summer and I had never noticed until the leaves gave them away. Some of them were huge and right over the walkway through the park, stretching 12 or 15 feet.



It's difficult to see, but this is one of the bigger webs stretching across the walkway...

A smaller web with floating leaves...

I assume the trapped leaves act as miniature sails eventually ripping the web down. The remnants of a web, still hanging on by a thread with a large cluster of leaves...

A park light exposing a long, deteriorating web...

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Week 31

The Posterographer

Moriyama often takes pictures of posters and ads. I tried a few myself. These are mainly campaign posters. I like how they put them right over graffiti only to have them "defaced". Moriyama's poster shots seem to have more of an erotic feel to them though. The shots I took were pretty unattractive.



I had to take a shot of this poor guy....




This guy seemed to be giving me the finger at first glance...



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Week 30

The Bike Police

I really don't like these guys. They wander around, tapping the shoulders of people parking in front of croweded shopping malls, moving your bike you parked in front of the convenience store for 5 minutes. I guess it's their job, and I guess there are a lot of bikes blocking the sidewalks, but I still don't like 'em.

I thought I'd take some pics of one this week. This guy was pacing in front of the gate of a shirne. He kept coming into my frame at balanced sections of the gate. I was on the inside of the gate so I felt a bit like a prisoner taking advantage of a distracted security gaurd. Timing my shots, watching his every move.

I liked the idea of documenting a worker of a specific kind, so I chose this book by Junko Takahashi this week. An intersting and comical look at the typical Japanese receptionist.

Week 29

Various Small Pieces of Trash...

Inspired by Ed Ruscha.

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Week 28

Amazing Thailand

The first and only shots in 29, on film, in color! We weren't in Japan so I figured I could break the rules a bit...We will definitely be back to Thailand someday for a second honeymoon.

Ok, so maybe these Thailand beach shots aren't that boring, but definitely typical for postcards shots. Goes to show anyone can shoot a postcardesque photo. And the dust I couldn't get off the scanned negatives...even more vintage!
Martin Parr's boring postcards are pretty boring, but strangely attractive. Available at Bondi Books.





The Boys In The Bubbles

I couldn't stop laughing at these kids. The Patong shopping mall had these giant balls floating on water you could pay a couple of baht to run around inside for 5min or so. Weightless or helpless? They wanted out and were practically crying. They couldn't make it to the pool side to be let out, nor could you hear their screaming. At one point they just seemed to stop running like exhausted mice in a cage, give up and sprawl out in their transparent cells. Like a hopeless, dying nucleus. I pushed one toward the pool steps hoping it would drift to the dock. Definitely worth documenting for 29 I think. Go Obama.







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