hedges or trees? hedges of trees?

« […] Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to (discover**) get to know the ice. » — Gabriel García Márquez‘s first sentence on 100 Years of Solitude. this came to mind as I took my daughter to get to know the French garden trees, which are manicured…

venetian projections

Venice has re-kindled some ideas on photography. there was a philosophical view that Venice developed in a very different way to the European cities that I have been able to visit— or let me say, any cities I have visited outside of Japan. there is also the sentimental search for a replacement to Old San…

park conversations about grey goo

being an autodidact in the age of L’internets is quite interesting. mainly, the outlets are photo-social networks, and the development is quite influenced by what one sees there (to accept or repel), and the urgency to acquire the social currency— such as comments and likes. when I think back on the days of flickr, and…

portraits: people as lyrics to a song

there are so many ways to take a portrait: fill the frame, or face on center, and they can all be the best way to photograph the sitter. yes, photography should not have a formula, and just have a sense of the sitter and a language that each composition provides. Richard Avedon worked with a…