I try to be a nice guy, most of the time. I sometimes succeed, and sometimes fail. But it is usually more interesting when the results are mixed. This morning I went to Midtown Market, the only grocery store in Brisbane, for milk, Dr Pepper, popcorn and cigarettes. It’s a nice place and convenient, but [...]
In Tokyo, the ghosts are more solid than they are on other planets. But they’re less likely to get in your way. The blurs of their swirls around you are delightful. But they can’t linger around while you play. And their movement is constant in most any color. But when [...]
I sleep the streets for you, I keep the coldness of your ancient city warm for you. I am the raw unknown flesh that keeps Tokyo’s gutters from running red with affluent blood. I am the hope that one day you will wake me up and thank me rather than simply pity me as you pass [...]
In theory, cats should be easy to photograph. They sleep a lot. They tend to seek out and stay in sunny spots. If properly cared for, cats just don’t want nor have to move very much. Well, my cats are a pain in the ass to photograph and here are two examples of the best [...]
Hello, and welcome to Tokyo. My name is Television… …and I’ll be your host. It would be my honor to entertain you today. Would you like to start with the news…? You don’t even need to go outside, because I can show you the weather too… Tired of the weather? How [...]
I don’t know what these badges are but….. …they were on this old house in Nakano, Tokyo and are some of the most beautiful things I have ever photographed in Japan. (Photographs taken in April, 2012)
No matter where you go in the world… …you can do some cleaning and good deep thinking in laundromats. Get yourself off into mundane revelations. What I often think about is… …a song by The Pretenders and how much life sucks in laundromats. (First two photos taken in Nakano, Tokyo, the third in Minami-senju, Tokyo. [...]
In Roppongi, in the late ‘80s, this was the place to go if you wanted to see what cocaine could do to a 17-year-old Australian girl who looked like Audrey Hepburn’s sister and partied like Tokyo was just another delusional step closer to the cover of French Vogue. Such girls had nothing to do with [...]
I don’t believe in god, but I believe in Mount Fuji. I hiked to the top of it once in 1987, with my Australian boss and another American guy who also worked for our American information services company. Initially I regarded the trip to Mount Fuji as just something to do to get out of [...]
Days in Asakusa, Tokyo are marvelousness, the people watching is genius. The surroundings are frequently sensory feasts of color, glory, and majesty. And sometimes the people you watch are the ones watching you (make sure you click on the photo to get a close look). But that’s okay when you understand the irony sometimes in [...]
