Category: Photography
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Fukutoshin Under Construction
Curtis Christophersen has a rather nice photoset of the Fukutoshin line under construction, but over and underground. For more info on the new line, see my previous post.
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Searched in Shinjuku
Max gets a photo featured on Japan Today, of a dude getting his bag checked by police officers.
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Bishin Jumonji
I stopped by the Guardian Garden gallery the other day in Ginza to catch the Bishin Jumonji exhibition (ends today). The show there is actually an extension of the show on at Creation Gallery G8, and that’s the one I preferred.
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PingMag: Housing Complexes
PingMag interviews Ken Oyama about his passion for housing complexes. Oyama is behind the new photo book DANCHI NO KENKYU (AN ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING COMPLEXES).
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Japanese Rooms
JAPANESE ROOMS is a new photo book by artist and graphic designer Sven Ingmar Thies that takes a look at how the Japanese live, with photo spreads of their rooms taken in five cities (Berlin, New York, Shanghai, Vienna, and Tokyo). The book can be purchased from the Kaitenart website, or through Amazon Japan.
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Zoren Gold & Minori Site Update
Zoren Gold & Minori have done a major update to their site. Quite the striking image on the front page!
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Report on Yuki Nakano Exhibition
Yuki has put up a big blog post on her recent photo exhibition that took place at Cafe Pause. Lots of photos to see, in case you couldn’t make it in person.
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Photos 4 Food
Stephen Lebovits is a Tokyo-based freelance photographer who has just launched the Photos 4 Food project. As he explains: As an enthusiast photographer I shoot quite a bit, mostly life around me. And now I want to share them, but how, when there is so much stimuli already vying to capture our daily attention? I…
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Nakano at Cafe Pause
Here’s a reminder that Yuki Nakano‘s photo exhibition is now on at Cafe Pause, running until April 6. Following that, it will be the Speakerdog show.
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BCCKS
Want to take a peek inside some art/design/photo books coming out of Japan? Then head to BCCKS, a site that offers digital books (and you can make your own) through a very beautiful interface. It was photographer Ani Watanabe who sent me the link — have a look at his books SAIGON and LONG EYES.