Sunday 23 June 2013

Gion - One afternoon, One morning (I)

I am taking you to Gion for a new series of street photos. Gion is an old district of Kyoto, built to accommodate the needs of travellers and visitors to the Yasaka shrine. It eventually evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known geisha districts in Japan. The region is both a major tourist hub and a popular nightlife spot for locals. Streets vary dramatically in character, and quiet traditional streets lean upon modern ones. I hope you will share my umbrella. There will be more...


For Carina
















The polaroid frames were provided by fuzzimo, thank you!

Tuesday 18 June 2013

To Kyoto





(it's not really awesome at all)
Out of town for a few days. Talk to you soon.... and as ever, thank you for your very kind visits.

Sunday 16 June 2013

The Fantasy [Taking Off]

Scene from Le Ballon Rouge, 1956


Yoshikazu Suzuki departed from Lake Biwa one fine morning of November 1992, riding his Fantasy.
A few helium-inflated rubber balloons attached to a home-made gondola. The Fantasy. He was a piano tuner, some say heavily indebted. Would his sponsored trip have brought him the money he needed? Nobody knows. Nobody knows the reason why he decided to take off. One day after his departure he lost altitude and was spotted by cost guards. He waved to them. Bye, I'm going to America. This was the last time anyone has seen him and his balloons.








For Joel, our friend from Geispitzen, gone missing while climbing Nanga Parbat.

Friday 14 June 2013

Échouer

Fishing port in Tenno at low tide


Échouer

Fail
Run aground
To fail an exam
To wreck sth
A protocol may fail to display
Miscarry
Fall short
Draw a blank
Fall through
To come to grief
Strand
Abort
Limp along
Get it wrong
lose big time, lose big-time
To be bound to fail
To fail one's driving test
Defeat

(from dictionary.reverso.net)



Tuesday 11 June 2013

The Miracle Factory Or How To Make Your Own Sardine






For TC

The 70's in Japan - Posters by Aquirax Uno



I wanted to show you more about the Japan in the 70's exhibition at Hiroshima MOCA, but there were so many things to show and I didn't know where to continue and where to go with it. So I will only put up a few posters by Aquirax Uno that were on display at the exhibition. I find them gorgeous. His style is.. how to say... sexy? You might want to put the kids to sleep before digging into the Underground of the 70's.


Fubuki Koshiji Recital, 1960



Ondine, 1963




Max Factor, 1965



Studio Re, 1965



Ultra Lucent Skin Care, 1967,  Max Factor




Egyptian Look, 1966, Max Factor




Theatre: Ningyo-no-le 1st performance "Mermaid", 1967




Mini Books, 1967, Yamanashi Silkcenter




Theatre Ningenza 22nd performance, 1967




A Laboratory of Play Tenjo Sajiki 5th performance "One Thousand One Night in Shinjuku", 1968




Bazazz 1968, Max Factor




First Love Inferno : Special version, 1968




A Laboratory of Play Tenjo-Sajiki performance "Le Petit Prince", 1968




Chanson, 1968,  Studio Edition





Sailor 12 Gold Fountain pen, 1968,  Sailor




Ciel Delit, 1968, Shimojima




Sailor 12 Gold Fountain pen, 1969,  Sailor




Nissan Puck in Music, 1969, TBS Radio




My Minitopia My Minica '70, 1970,  Mitsubishi




A Laboratory of Play Tenjo-Sajiki performance "La Marie Vison" in Paris, 1971


My favourite one, or a shaving session gone awry :-))

La Marie Vison - a transvestite play

A sad 40 year old transvestite named Marie
who asks the mirror
Mirror, my mirror, tell me who is
the most beautiful woman in the world
It's an ultra-circumstancial theatre in the dark
Too many sexual descriptions!
The story is wrong!
Everything that happens is wrong!
The truth is what will happen tomorrow!


Ah, the 70's... actually I realise just now that most of those are from the 60's!