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'Small Buildings of Kyoto': A spotlight on Kyoto's overlooked quotidian
When it comes to photography books about Kyoto, the genre is usually limited to three areas: geishas, gardens and temples — in the English language at least. Small Buildings of Kyoto: Volume Ⅱ, by John Einarsen.108 pages KYOTO JOURNAL, Photography. In "Small Buildings of Kyoto," John Einarsen, ...
Aki Fujita Taguchi on life behind the camera
Rock photographer Aki Fujita Taguchi reveals how to snap the essence of a band in just three songs.
'Oyako': Capturing the intimacy of parent-child bonds
Photographer Bruce Osborn brings together some of his most inspired portraits of parents with their children, all taken in his past four decades in Japan.
Shinzo Fukuhara: Shiseido's patron of beauty
As an artist, Shinzo Fukuhara may not be a household name, but his production of a photography magazine, founding of the Shiseido Gallery and writings on aesthetics were seminal to the development of art photography in Japan.
Diplomat spouse's top shot captures Japan in full bloom
An extreme close-up shot capturing a delicate sakura cherry blossom clothed in white floating on a tranquil surface of water won the Prince Takamado Memorial Prize in this year's version of the Japan Through Diplomats' Eyes annual photo competition. Without gaudy hue embellishing the bloom, ...
How one Hokkaido town curbed population decline in graying Japan
In early August, as much of the country suffered through some of its hottest temperatures on record, a small town in Hokkaido welcomed visitors from around the world to an annual photography festival that celebrated the outdoors. Under sunny skies and low humidity, with the ...
Mami Kosemura says it with flowers
Where Flemish still-life painters combined fruit, vegetables and flowers that could not normally be picked in the same season, and portrayed them together in an imaginary, but highly realistic pictorial space, Kosemura uses contemporary tools to achieve the same with photographic detail.
More tourists look to hiring professional photographers to shoot their 'perfect' vacation memories
Old photos illuminate a Japan now 'lost'
In "Lost Japan," Rosella Menegazzo brings talented daguerreotype photographer Felice Beato and his previously overlooked photos of daily life in Meiji Era Japan into the foreground.
Photography: A journey of passion and joy
Name: Nico Perez Age: 31 Nationality: British/Spanish Occupation: Photographer/Visual artist: www.pereznico.com. Instagram: @n_perez_ Likes: Passion, light, color, the journey of life Dislikes: Negativity 1. Do you remember when you first picked up a camera? Actually I do. My dad bought me a small point-and-shoot film camera when I was probably ...
A photographer's return to Aomori
"I photograph landscape like it's skin" — artist Masako Kakizaki on her "Aonoymous: Full Circle" project
Pure Land Buddhism and the art of photography
Follow the Sumida River southwest from Asakusa and you'll soon reach Kuramae, an old working-class neighborhood filled with small factories, wholesale shops and temples. The area is changing, though, with single origin coffee roasters and stores selling imported pottery sprouting up next to mom-and-pop ...
