Elliott Erwitt at Fotografinska

At the Fotografinska or the photography museum in Stockholm, you can see tons of Elliott Erwitt until March 2, 2013. You must have seen the below somewhere, but he can be known for some of his political photos and lovers photos too.

I thought the below were particularly comical, simply titled Russia (all of his work there seemed only show the name of the location, leaving much imagination to the viewer). His style is very old-school, capturing a rare moment without cheating your camera.




He also has this other character André S. Solidor who appears in videos and photo shoots. Fun to watch this when you're in need of a nice relaxing laugh.

Crossing

 

I thought this really represents Tokyo. Clean, organized, and somewhat subdued. By Takeshi Motegi (sorry I stole it without asking).

Wait and see...

 

Photo credit: Twisted Sifter



Soldier yawning

 

Have a look at this. The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever. Some of them are beyond charming, epsecially #35.

 

Photo credit: Twisted Sifter

My 50 Faces in Everyday Object

  

This was taken at a German bunker on the coast in Denmark.  I thought I pay tribute to 50 Faces in Everyday Object as per below.

 

Ohhhh

Om nom nom nom

Tissue cross-section of Marram Grass Leaf

 

Photo credit: Twisted Sifter

Roman pool at the Hearst Castle

 

Can you believe that a place like this actually exists (maintained as such)? It's from the time of Great Gatsby, and was owned by newspaper mangnate Mr. William Randolph. This is one of the two pools at the Hearst Castle in California, in between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Check out some other rooms.

 

Photo credit: Twisted Sifter

Bakumatsu photos #2

Bakumatsu means end of the bakufu or the samurai ruling period. It was when Japan opened its country to modernize, after allowing no foreign anything for 150 years, and placed the emperor as the central power again. There are a lot of photos from that period, of which one was the Meiji Emperor's trip around Japan that I posted before. It's hard to believe that people lived this way only a little over a century ago.

farmer kids

haircut

samurai & shamisen lady

firemen

spinning

ladies sweeping & posing

Source: 【癒される】昔の日本 古写真集【江戸・明治】

Bakumatsu photos

I found a website where you can turn your photos into end of Edo Period looking, from around 1868. Hilarious. These photos look like those taken by the heirs of an aristocrat or samurai studying in Europe, to learn how to modernize Japan. I think the tip is to pick photos with tiny people and wide view of the architecture.

Click here to turn your photos at least a 100 years old.

Photographer Kuichi Uchida

I just saw an exhibit at the Fujifilm Square in Roppongi Midtown. This photographer Kuichi Uchida accompanied Meiji Emperor's travels in the midst of Japan's modernization. They are taken around 1868 and it is really something, in particular the shift of old Japan to westernization and modernization. Men are wearing top hats with a kimono. Yokohama Station does not look like Japan. You can feel the excitement of people mixing western things and feeling liberalized from the old ways.

This photo was my favorite, of non-samurai/non-aristocrats hanging on the Sumida River. Before 1868, windows on a boat were not allowed to be covered if you were a commoner, and now they could have a small room with shoji (Japanese paper window). More photos can be found here.



Photo credit: Fujifilm