TokyoLand

from the BBC website, found via EPUK towers….
“Don McCullin, an internationally-regarded British photojournalist particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife, examined the underside of society - the unemployed, downtrodden and the impoverished - in this moving 1989 film for Newsnight.
Newsnight’s librarian Adam Gotch chose this film because it was one of [...]

Whilst out runnng this morning, training for my April marathon, and listening to my iPod , I heard sandwiched between The White Stripes and Bob Dylan a podcast of my good friend Jason Eskenazi talking on the Studio360 radio show about his time working in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a security guard, and [...]

Sorry for the silence. But anyway, where were we…
There’s a very thought provoking, slightly sad, but very interesting Radio 4 programme worth listening to here on BBC iPlayer, produced by Miles Warde, and follows Miles as he, well in the BBC’s words “Miles Warde presents the story of a group of photojournalists who set out [...]

Over on Gaia Photos fellow Tokyo photographer Paolo Patrizi has some good work ( looks like medium format) showing the work places of (mostly African) prostitutes who ply the roads near Rome in Italy. Go take a look….

Over on NYT’s Lens blog there is a superb slideshow of recent work from Afghanistan by David Guttenfelder, Associated Press photographer, sometimes based in Tokyo….

It wouldn’t be the 20th July if we didn’t mention the moon landings, and Hassleblads, and exploration. NASA over on their site have a good set of images to peruse, and which very kindly you can download in high resolution. Nice, download, print it out, great pic for the wall, many thanks NASA.
Here is one [...]

A couple of nice links to photog’s websites…..
Albanian photographer Bevis Fusha, as sent to me by Bartek Wrzesniowski.
And a touch of fashion, look for her pics in the harsh light of Africa, nice work. The fashion photography of Viviane Sassen.