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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tokyo Cafe Jazz
I usually take my coffee black. However, mixing coffee with Jazz can also be a delicious delight. Please take a moment to look in on me from time to time, as I strive to capture the unique flavors of Tokyo Cafe Jazz through the lens of photography...
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| Japanese Female Jazz Vocalist, Yuna at Starbucks Shiodome Pedi Store |
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Shinjuku Gyoen: Great Place to Park It
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Understanding that I depend on the unique energy this Metropolis produces to feed my inner photographer, like anyone else, I do need to get away from it, from time to time, without removing myself entirely from the scene. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is an excellent place to spend an afternoon and gain some perspective, reflect on life, and refresh the mind.
The mood of the park changes with the position of the sun. No matter how many people may be in attendance, the park is large enough that you can usually find some peace and quiet if that is what you seek.
Seek sun or shade. Find a seat or lay down. Bury head in book or take a stroll. There is always plenty to see or not see in this park.
The park presents rare opportunities to photograph wildlife in Tokyo.
Periodic events like the Chrysanthemum festival also provide rare photographic opportunities
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
My Photographic Vision
Photography has taught me that our sense of anything really does depend on how we choose to look at it...
Studying photography has taught me that our sense of anything really does depend on how we look at it: Lighting and perspective shape our perception of our own lives, as well as how we fit into the world. Just as one selects the position from which to capture a photograph, taking a single step to the left, to the right, forwards, or backwards can change everything.
Through my own photography, I strive to capture the beauty of the man-made world, to find order in this urban jungle called Tokyo.
Some of my images expose the individual's struggle to find their place in this overwrought world we have built, amid constant construction which entails destruction, new built on top of the old, mixed and jumbled together.
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In Tokyo, I see modern man's struggles against nature in the pursuit of ever greater efficiency, higher productivity, logic and order over randomness and chaos, mixed together with efforts to hold on to elements of a bygone era.
The brightly illuminated city turns night into day: The ultimate manifestation of man's struggle against the constraints of nature--the cycle of night and day that would otherwise provide rhythm to our lives--a natural boundary for work and rest, activity and calm.
Here and there, I see nature overlooking man's world, waiting for the slightest opportunity to take the land back.
My images seek to capture the vertigo-inducing nature of urban landscapes that hurtle us from one location to the next with little concern other than how quickly we can reach our destination: On foot, escalators (long and short), elevated walkways, and moving sidewalks.
Using still images to capture places in time and space that illustrate the ghostlike nature of our momentary existence, as we pass unnoticed through urban spaces, disappearing just as quickly to be replaced by another body in a never-ending cycle.
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Studying photography has taught me that our sense of anything really does depend on how we look at it: Lighting and perspective shape our perception of our own lives, as well as how we fit into the world. Just as one selects the position from which to capture a photograph, taking a single step to the left, to the right, forwards, or backwards can change everything.
Through my own photography, I strive to capture the beauty of the man-made world, to find order in this urban jungle called Tokyo.
Some of my images expose the individual's struggle to find their place in this overwrought world we have built, amid constant construction which entails destruction, new built on top of the old, mixed and jumbled together.
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In Tokyo, I see modern man's struggles against nature in the pursuit of ever greater efficiency, higher productivity, logic and order over randomness and chaos, mixed together with efforts to hold on to elements of a bygone era.
The brightly illuminated city turns night into day: The ultimate manifestation of man's struggle against the constraints of nature--the cycle of night and day that would otherwise provide rhythm to our lives--a natural boundary for work and rest, activity and calm.
Here and there, I see nature overlooking man's world, waiting for the slightest opportunity to take the land back.
My images seek to capture the vertigo-inducing nature of urban landscapes that hurtle us from one location to the next with little concern other than how quickly we can reach our destination: On foot, escalators (long and short), elevated walkways, and moving sidewalks.
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| Enormous escalators carry commuters between subterranean levels of Shinjuku Station |
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| Time and Space: The ghostlike nature of our momentary existence as we pass unnoticed through urban spaces, disappearing just as quickly to be replaced by another in a never-ending cycle. |
Using still images to capture places in time and space that illustrate the ghostlike nature of our momentary existence, as we pass unnoticed through urban spaces, disappearing just as quickly to be replaced by another body in a never-ending cycle.
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