This is blog is mainly about street photography, nevertheless for travel lovers, I can sometimes feel the frustration not to see more about the cities we visit. I am not a landscape shooter, but I think street photography and urban landscapes photography are two very close disciplines. This is a series about Tokyo; about its […]

We visited the wonderful Tokyo zoo today. And I could not help remember the great “The animals” by Gary Winogrand made of street shots taken at the Central Park zoo in New York. A book to recommend. This series features humans and animals, though you’ll have to admit that the edge between one and another […]

Kyoto was Japan’s capital during centuries and the center of its spiritual life. Therefore, thousands temples, shrines and gardens remain nowadays in the region. Kyoto also still hosts a community of Geishas and if you are lucky, you might see them appear furtively in the street. Yet the chances are big that they are just […]

Most of the power and privileges of Japan’s Emperors are long gone, but it seems some still find a way to be carried around with its best clothes on.  (click on picture for high res) Leica M8 with 35mm Lux Asph.

Thousands have come to Kyoto’s Sanjusangen-do temple for the annual Toshiya Archery Contest. This four hundred years old event will see the best young archers of Japan compete for the title of Champion. Wearing kimonos, the participants will wait for long hours before their lone opportunity to hit a target located 60 meters away. A […]

I met Shan on a nice Hong Kong Sunday afternoon and we headed to the Sham Sui Po market for a little shooting. We also had some great discussion about the movie industry, since Shan is a producer in his daily life. The day ended by a visit to a used camera shopping center where […]

We are heading to Kyoto by night bus. Don’t have time to post much, so here is simply my favorite shot of today. (click on picture for high res) Leica M8 with 35mm Lux Asph.

An isolated country during centuries, Japan modernized in a few decades at the end of the 19th century. While traditions and social codes remain very strong, the big influence of the Western world is undoubtful. And for once in our trip, it seems that Northern America is not the key influencer here. Indeed, Tokyo has […]

First let me thank all of you that submitted a picture. I think this was a good experience as it let us discover a lot of photographers and their work. 35 photographs were posted and I could not help doing a little analysis of the work submitted. I thought some of you would also be […]