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Photos of the Week: The Zoo Storefront

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A one year old notices things that escapes the attention of adults.  A child’s eye-level is closer to the ground.  Like the boar’s head and skull on the chair below that Moka strenuously pointed to, and then gravely stared at.

I wonder what the restaurant was trying to advertise with this display?  Do they serve a lot of gamey pork?  Is it an establishment where ‘men can be men’?  Are hunters and taxidermists welcome?  Is it a warning to those born in the year of the boar?  Moka didn’t seem interested in finding out so we moved on.boar's head Continue reading →

Photos of the Week: Animal Tracks, Gifts, and Esperanto

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Throughout the week I take a lot of pictures of things that catch my eye. So I’m going to start a new series of posts to share the best of those pictures with a little background story for each of them.

Asphalt Art

In the last year Yoyogi Park widened and repaved its entrance. I suspect it was done to chase off the mini homeless camp that inhabited its fringe and deter skateboarders. Now it’s a soulless blacktop. Except for these simple and whimsical silhouettes.

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World Press Photo 08

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The Exhibit
Finalists of the World Press Photo 08 awards can be seen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu. While a journalistic award, the judges make it a point to explain that the artists are chosen based on the artistic merits of the photographs and not as representative of important issues. Nevertheless, there are plenty of important issues touched upon.

For instance, the 1st prize series captures activities of US and Afghan soldiers in a backdrop of stunning forested mountains, as well as blurred intimate moments of anguish. There’s a Kurdish women’s rebel/resistance military camp. And the sad stories of violent elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya.

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