Category: Photography

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Danger Coast

I went to Tojimbo cliffs in Fukui Prefecture some years back. The place was just as eerie as it’s reputation as famous place for suicides in Japan. The cliff’s shape was very unique and sharp rocks looked very lethal.

There are free telephone booths which can be used to call for help, should one find himself in desperate situation, and also people patrolling the area. All of these are organized by volunteer force.

Japan’s suicide rate is among the highest in the world. There are about 24,4 suicides per 100,000 people. Japan was ranked second in 2009, after Russia.

While mass media is thriving..

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Lily

This is an old photo of a lily I took back in 2008 and did some Cross Process magic in Aperture 3. This was shot with Eos 350D (EOS Kiss Digital N) and the trusty 50mm 1.8 “plastic fantastic” at F/2.2. That wasn’t a bad camera.

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Landscapes

Photos of landscapes help us to see how beautiful our planet actually is. There are many great landscape photographers here in Japan. And you can’t mention landscape photography in Japan without mentioning Habu..

Photographer is like a painter who seeks to capture the beauty on this planet.

It makes me think of many things.. How to be more aware of my surroundings, and how to look at the scenery in some new way..

Sky is the limit..

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Here Sometimes

For me, “Here Sometimes” has two meanings. One is that life is only a small fraction of time, in which we experience our entire life. We are quite literally, here only sometimes. I like the vagueness and spirituality of it. Nobody really knows why we exist, although our existence is (probably) real.

The other meaning would be more obvious one, our  limited existence in some certain location.  When I visit my hometown in Finland, I feel always stunned to realize that even our origin is always changing. Nothing stays the same and nothing lasts. Things gets broken and things get moved or rearranged.

I think this constant change and fragileness of things is beautiful.

My photo exhibition “Sometimes Here” will be held in Art Mania, Yokohama in 23.-29 July. Please come and enjoy. There is no entrance fee.