I wasn’t planning to shoot things in pairs, but that seems to have happened on a few recent rolls.

Loving this winter’s light and the Leica.

成人の日に写真を撮りに行くのは初めてです。最近注文したライカも使ってみたっかたです。ちょっとびくりして、おもな交差点は半分が閉まってて、なんか不思議なサーカスみたいのパフォマンスをやってた。 明治神宮にいた時、カメラを持てる人の人数が多くてもすごいびくりしてた。特にパパラジみたいで成人の女性のまわりを丸く囲んで撮りまくってた。 It was a first time for me to bring a camera out and shoot on the “coming of age” public holiday. (and a good chance to use the leica :) ) I went to see if anything was interesting at meiji jingu, which turned out to be an eye opener for me. I was so suprised at how many people had cameras. All sizes, but there were a numerous amount of people with huge zooms on their dslrs. A lot were standing from a distance ’sniping’ away at the 20 year olds. Whilst in shibuya, they had closed off the main streets and had circus-like performances throughout the day.

After taking up photography a few years back, any old photograph that I might have seen before doesn’t look the same anymore. I stumbled upon the archive for the State library of NSW, and whilst i’ve seen many of these on tv programs and old history books, I think it makes an interesting series on its own.

I don’t know how many people cross this famous intersection everyday. All walks of life. Any day and everyday of the year. I shot these with a variety of films. Ilford 3200, and neopan 400/ 1600 films on the FM2.

I really like how inspiration can be sparked anytime and anywhere
Trent Parke talks about ‘The Christmas Tree Bucket’

Hello 2009.

On the 2nd of January every year, one section of the imperial palace is open to the public for the emperor to make his new year greeting. This was the 2nd time i’ve attended this event. More information on this event here.

This one below was from 2008.