Somewhere Further Than Here is a set of photographs taken on Sep 4th 2007 while on an outing in with friends in the country side of Sanwa in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. I can’t remember the name of the park area but there are many random sculptures and art hidden among the natural environment and [...]
Last set of photos from the Ucoca, Toruman & Kei (Afnica) gig @ Best Wishes.
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Some shots from last Saturday night, here is Toruman live at Best Wishes.
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I photographed another live event at Best Wishes last night, artists performing were Ucoca, Toruman & Kei (Afnica) all from Tokyo I think. Like last time, the lighting was shit as well as too many people packed into a small venue so I was pretty restricted with my angles and positions. This time I [...]
Look up and observe, there’s a lot of wires & lines up there all connected and I’ve always been fascinated by the amount I see in Japan whether in the city or in the middle of nowhere. I’m not sure exactly what it is but each element creates a powerful setting. Clouds, massive towers, [...]
A photo essay on a recent trip to Ōkunoshima, An island in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan where nerve gas was produced during WWII and deployed in China. What remains are scattered ruins around the island of a nerve gas manufacturing plant, a power station and tunnels and buildings. Strange thing is considering [...]
Last year I was in a little bleach bypass post processing phase which got a little tiring but this shot works well with that gritty, urban style. This was taken down the scary end of Fukuyama station where no man fears to tread, well guess what JR staff, the only thing I fear is [...]
Spotmatic SP + S-M-C Takumar 28mm + Fuji Across 100 = multi exposure madness.
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Naoito (below) is an instrumentalist and front man in KINGDOM☆AFROCKS and percussionist with Rickie-G. He was accompanied by fellow KINGDOM☆AFROCKS members IZPON (percussion) & Daisuke (guitar) at an intimate acoustic show at Best Wishes bar in Fukuyama, Hiroshima on August 12th. I was asked to come down and enjoy the show so I brought [...]
As I said in my last post, I’ve been re-scanning some film and came across these photos, taken with a Minolta 303si and Kodak SG400 film back in 2006. Here’s the full set on flickr. I’m not sure what it is about this camera but it I really like the quality and feel of [...]