Play-Doh

Found on the Guardian today:
From Christine Keeler astride a chair to Grace Jone's microphone-wielding arabesque, some of the world's most famous photographs suddenly seem lither than life. It's all down to Eleanor Macnair and her series of Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh.
How creative!

Original: Christine Keeler, by Lewis Morley, 1963

Original: Helen Tamiris by Man Ray, 1929.

Original: Untitled from the series Protest, Tokyo by Shomei Tomatsu, 1969.

Original: Grace Jones by Jean-Paul Goude, 1978.

Original: Nan and Brian in Bed, New York City, by Nan Goldin, 1983.

Original: Pittsburgh, from A Shimmer of Possibility by Paul Graham, 2004.

Original: Charles, Vasa, Minnesota from Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alec Soth, 2002.

Trash Sunday (4)

Shimokitazawa (3/3) - The catch of the day

It's hard to come back empty-handed from Shimokitazawa :-)

A vintage postcard and matching-matchbox (I quite like that monkey with stethoscope).

Re-purposed bottle caps.

Handmade and stitched scarf.

Urgence kit de survie, médicaments toujours frais. It's official now, I'm addicted to old boxes.

And a great vintage skirt. Just on time to wear it a couple of times before it gets chilly. 

I think I might go back to Shimokita fairly soon!

Pulp Fiction

For Dw.

Shimokitazawa (2/3)

Back to Shimokita, where, funky and bohemian as it is, everything is not always vintage.

Everything is always colourful, though.

OK, this must be true vintage :-))

Shimokitazawa is the kingdom of clothes but you will find much more than clothes. Exciting book stores, for example :-)
That one was full of...... stuff.

A couple of stores where you will find rare LPs and other records, quite nice this one:

And since this is Japan, there will always be food. And there will always be plastic food to display menus in front of restaurants. Yes this is plastic!:

And so is this:

After a few hours strolling around, there is no doubt you will agree with her :

Trash Sunday (3)

Shimokitazawa (1/3)

Tokyo has a town for everything you can possibly think of. Why did it take me eight years to find out about used clothes town?

Shimokitazawa is packed with clothes but it is also famous for its (once) beautiful walking path along the railway, for ghost trains and for barrier crossings that seem to open and close at very random times (to let ghost trains pass, of course). Unfortunately the area was under heavy construction, a bit of a disappointment when I arrived in front of the station.

Disappointment did not last too long, though, after a few minutes I felt like this was my kind of town. Weird, laid-back, casual, not serious, great fun to explore.

Clothes, clothes clothes wherever you look. Almost too much. And most of of them, hmmmm, well, how to say.... ermm... crap special?

If you need a break why don't you have your hair cut at Dude's? And then continue shopping at Junkie.

What's Mammothjump style? (I am so not up to date with the latest fashion).

Duke was one of the funkiest shops. Thinking back, a lot of those shops are strongly American oriented (or inspired?).

Breaking in? 

Naaah, I'll pass this one...

This looks familiar, but what is it?

More soon...