Workshop Report: A Bit of Park, A Bit of Street
A crowd of us took to the streets of Tokyo on 11th December for a workshop that would include some nice park action, some street photography and some street modelling. Getting out into…
Lexar Professional Photography Competition
We have a new collaboration and partnership with Lexar Japan and are very pleased to announce a photography competition on the theme of ‘Memory’, with around $2000 worth of prizes. Memory: how would you sum-up…
Google Plus Tokyo Photowalk, No.1
I joined Google’s social networking site, Google Plus [G+], on the 8th July 2011. It’s been ten weeks of making some great new friends, having some great chats, hanging out live on webcam…
Typhoon 15 [Roke] hits Tokyo
The Japanese typhoon season has been pretty rough so far. A couple of weeks ago a typhoon left a trail of destruction and 87 people dead as it swept across the south of…
Photowalk: Yurakucho to Kanda in the rain
Shooting some street photography, catching the typhoon rain and showing Liam from Australia some good spots to shoot with telephoto lenses. A great afternoon out with the cameras and a chance to catch…
Using history to shape the ‘now’
My project for this week is focused on typologies and swanky shops in Tokyo, air-conditioning the streets by leaving the doors open, could be the perfect subject to focus on. History has lessons…
Photowalk, July 2nd: Texture
I recently met with a gallery and agency owner who is interested in putting on shows by Japanorama’s students. So, this walk will be one targeted at getting you started on a search…
Potraits of Contemporary Photographers: Nobuyoshi Araki
This is Part One of a two-part film on Araki, from Contacts Vol. 2, Portraits of Contemporary Photographers. A project initiated by William Klein in 2000. It’s not him narrating….. I prefer to…
Telling stories with one photo
‘Every picture tells a story’. It’s an old cliche. In fact, it’s a proverb – apparently. But whatever the origin of that phrase one thing is for sure, some photos tell stories better…
Joe & Ami at the school sports-day
After a few weeks of hearing and seeing some of the preparations for the sports-day at Joe and Ami’s school, Suzagamori Shougaku in Shinagawa-ku, the big day finally arrived last Saturday. Blessed by…











