One of my images from the Tokyo streets, ©Jsh 2008.
Terrorists ? Paedophile? Suspicious person with camera ? Nah, just a street photographer. Reading this article about the challenges facing UK street photographers makes me realise why I should stay in Tokyo, a city where you can do any pics in the street and no one [...]
I used to have five pet ants, in NASA jelly,they were called The Rolling Stones,then one died, they became The Beatles,then one died,they became The Bee Gees,then one died,they became Simon and Garfunkel,then one died,it became Elton John,then he died.
Scotland win at Wembley, 1977. ©Denis Straughan, The Scotsman.
Denis Straughan. What a guy. I worked with him for many years in Scotland. He was an old time press snapper,had seen it all. On the wall of the photographers room in the building we worked was a picture of Denis from days of old, [...]
A couple of days back, whilst on assignment, I was given (by the subject of the shoot) part of a silk kimono obi (waistband), adorned with gold thread and showing a scene of a Kyoto temple. Quite nice, a good little souvenir. I pinned it on my wall in my spare room.
The gift got me [...]
I discovered tonight that my good friend Graham Harrison has been creating a website about photography, ‘Photo Histories‘. It’s really worth a look,with interviews, slideshows and book reviews to read. Be sure to check out Homer Sykes’s interview and the slideshow at the end, there’s some great images.
You know, life on the road can be lonely. You’re in foreign places, foreign culture, trying to make sense of it all. You meet some locals, there’s a nice looking girl…one of the joys of traveling.But sometimes the story doesn’t turn out as you’d expect….Read this, by Jason P. Howe, for one such story….and [...]
Hirohito’s life as a stencilled graffiti picture…..
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