I will be visiting my hometown for two weeks.
It feels strange to go back. Since I feel I became another person. But something in the heart will never change.
Japan Camera Hunter
Thank you Bellamy for featuring my photo book in japancamerahunter.com.
Turning Wind
I had great time shooting pictures with couturier Michiru Murakami and dancer Yu Kimura.
I got goosebumps when I saw her performing! She has such great intuition and raw talent.
It’s days like these when I truly realise that I was born to take a photo.
Lensculture Entry
Here is my Lensculture Emerging Talent 2015 entry. Please feel free to share.
Among Angels
Updated X100 review
I updated my Fujifilm Finepix X100 review. I encourage everyone to update to the latest firmware Ver.2.10.
Love is Black and White!
Welcome to my fifth private photo exhibition in Japan!
I will hold two special events, one in 4th of July and one in 18th with my piano live and free session with other musicians. The events start from 13:00 in afternoon. Entrance is free of charge.
食べ物、飲み物、持ち込み自由です。 お好きなものを、ご持参下さい。
Please bring your own favourite foods and drinks.
Few minutes walk from Koenji station
http://
〒167-0003 東京都杉並区高円寺南 3-58-17 プラザUSA 201
090-9395-3576
Tondo
I joined Tondo. The concept of open and non-commercial art community is so great. So far there has been none successful ones. The site shows promise and there are a lot of activity already . I sincerely wish this will be success.
UPDATE: Sadly the site became inaccessible several times during my first try “Safari Can’t find the server”.
Mothers and Women in Finland and Japan
I had the pleasure to be a photographer in The Finnish Institute in Japan event,
「女性として、母として生きるーフィンランドと日本 それぞれの姿ー」Lifestyle of Mothers and Women in Finland and Japan, (approximate translation).
The event was booked full with more than hundred attendees. Especially memorable was Marja Viitahuhta’s manifest for women.
10 Great Japanese Photo Books
Here is my list of 10 great Japanese photo books. The list is unordered and does not represent necessarily the greatest photo books there are. Japanese photography is amazing because it’s so diverse; all genres are so strongly represented. Myself I like certain kind of photography, so I wanted to choose the ones that I love most.
Hotaru (Firefly)
Mizoguchi Yoshio
Kamaitachi
Hosoe Eikoh
Baby Baby
Kawashima Kotori
Satchin
Araki
Farewell Photography
Moriyama Daido
Nadia
Sawatari Hajime
Looking for Forest
Hayashida Setsuko
Nadya’s Village
Motohashi Seiichi
Degree Zero
Nakahira Takuma
Love and Death
Araki
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Notes:
- Although I like Miraichan by Kawashima Kotori and it’s important photo book I like Baby Baby even more . It’s lesser known, so it deserves a mention.
- I simply cannot mention Araki without mentioning both Love and Death and Satchin since both are his signature work.
- Hayashida Setsuko’s photo book “Looking for Forest 「森をさがす」of my hometown is a fantastic photo book.
- Although Moriyama Daido has published several important photo books I felt Farewell Photography is his strongest work.