“Thank you
Because of you
The sea is now tender for me”
(excerpt from Kiriko: An extraction by Yuguin the minstrel)
Regarding Japanese Photo Magazines
I really hate how in Japanese photo magazines include camera and lens info to the pictures, often superimposed over the image. Anyone who has a little understanding how cameras work, focal length, aperture and shutter speed can be figured out just by looking at the photo. It is not exactly rocket science.. And chef’s don’t superimpose the manufacturer and type of their pans and kettles to the food, right?
But further more, this habit of including the information to the image just shows the materialistic value of today’s photo book publishing, photography becomes a cheap advertisement for camera makers and the artistic meaning of the picture is tarnished if not destroyed completely.
I was glad that Nippon Camera’s Nude Photo issue does not do this although the publication suffers from censorship and other editorial issues.
maybe..
Maybe ocean doesn’t know itself
how deep it is
The Heaven, Mine
「天国,わたしの」は完売しました。
The Heaven, Mine photo book was sold out.
Thank you for all who bought it.
Jeff Liu Photography
Interesting. Really love the mood of his photos. Processed look doesn’t have to be boring.
https://www.facebook.com/jeffliuphotography
Portrait Works
I had pleasure to shoot bariton Masato Inoue some years back. This photo is one of my favorites from that session.
My Silent Road Exhibition
I will exhibit my photo series “My Silent Road” sometimes soon in a very special place in Yokohama. I realized I have started to think think of Yokohama naturally as my hometown. Finland feels like a chapter which I have already read and there’s no reason to return to it. There are so many lovely people near me here. I really was like a walking corpse once, but now I feel healthy and alive again. Love Songs might be for my mother. But this is for you.
Eric Kim: Grandfather
http://erickimphotography.com/index.php?/black-and-white-street-photography/-grandfather/
I was really moved about the photo series by Eric Kim. These images went straight into my heart. Eric Kim has such a big courage and love for photography and with the photos of his grandfather I feel it’s so obvious how he has let photography to take over his life. And then it feels so natural that he shot his own grandfather’s funeral.
Beautiful, moving work.
My Silent Road
My new photo series “My Silent Road” now playing in front of www.hiyayaakko.com . It is also viewable in Gallery.
Inbe Kawori
This looks so interesting. This is pretty close what I want to do with my photography this year, and especially, of course with Love Songs. Fantastic photos, really, check out Inbe Kawori:
http://www.vice.com/jp/read/interview-inbekawori
and her official site:
http://www.inbekawori.com/
I must check out if I can find her photo book. Will purchase on sight!