About 15 years ago when I was visiting Berlin, I met a Japanese girl who was born and raised in Berlin. It was at our mutual friend’s flat. She asked me “Are you Japanese?” in Japanese. I said “Yes.”. “Where in Japan?” she asked. “Okayama.” I answered. “Where in Okayama?” she asked. “Tsuyama” I answered. …
Hello October. Today, I found a lot of Higanbana on the riverside, its English name is Lycoris radiata or a red spider lily, a wild flower we see from August to the beginning of autumn. When the bright red color starts to fade we know that autumn has arrived. Those brown leaves under the flowers …
Miho Kajioka: Sometimes, we all need a hero. http://mihokajioka.com facebook.com/mihokajiokartist
I visited a small factory in Kyoto where they make the traditional Japanese frames with special silk. The making of these frames are a delicate and beautiful process. In the future, I hope to use them for my photographic works.— Photo by Miho Kajiokahttp://mihokajioka.com facebook.com/mihokajiokartist
My friend from Kyoto took me to a sushi restaurant. The chef is his friend and all the customers are locals. The chef told us that so many good restaurants have lost their soul by advertising in guidebooks. Tourists occupy the seats and locals can’t go there anymore. That restaurant (I was forbidden to mention …
Eric Gottesman Sudden Flowers “If given just a bit of water and light, we will suddenly blossom.” Over the past fifteen years in a neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a group of young people that came to call themselves Sudden Flowers worked with me to make photographs that represented the experiences they endured in their …
