Category — Photography

This is a lovely shot of Machinery at Nippori station, Tokyo, shot by Masato Ohta. There are more like this on the Japan HDR Flickr Photo Pool.

Japan HDR Flickr Photo Pool

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Technorati Tags: high dynamic range, Japan, Japan HDR Flickr Photo Pool, Nippori station, photo manipulation, photography, Masato Ohta, Tokyo

Despite the seminal and emotionally charged moment caught by Jeff Widener’s 1989 photograph of “The unknown rebel” at Tiananmen Square, here’s a new way of looking at it.

Flickr user Balakov recreates moments from human history including this one.

Via Gizmodo.com

Technorati Tags: Jeff Widener, lego, The unknown rebel, Tiananmen Square

I just came across the excellent Big Picture section of the Boston Globe’s website which basically houses its (daily) photo essays.

Imagine large, high quality photographs on the latest news stories to hit the world. Excellent news!

Below are some shots of their photo essay for the Olympic preparations. The rest via this link:

Olympic Preparations on Boston.com

Big Picture homepage

Technorati Tags: Beijing Olympics, Big Picture, Boston Globe, China, photography, sport

A horse receives electro-stimulation as part of an acupuncture therapy session at the Hong Kong Jockey Club on June 3, 2008.

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Buddhist monks and believers from around the world attend a ceremony marking United Nations Day of Vesak to celebrate Buddha’s birthday in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 14, 2008.

This is the first time that Vietnam is hosting an international gathering of Buddhist leaders, scholars, and state dignitaries.

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Photographer Masaru Goto has an interesting series of portraits up at Global Compassion that show every day Burakumin, an ethnically Japanese group of people descended from the untouchables of the feudal Japanese caste system.

Even today, the Burakumin face discrimination – they live in segregated districts that are often neglected by city governments, and the general public still negatively stereotypes them as poor and backwards.

For example, this is Yoshinobu Nakajima who is a person of freedom:

“I’ve been working really hard until last year. I’m 61 now. Since retirement, I’ve been to Thailand and Okinawa and Hokkaido — by bicycle! And there are so many chances to meet people. It also makes me happy when acquaintances from my travels come to visit me. I guess this is what I can do to let people know about Buraku. For example, we bake bread and pizza in a stone oven together. Having fun with many young people makes me feel young, too. We meet and we reunite and we stay connected. This will be my lifestyle until the day I die.”

Masaru is a highly regarded Japanese photographer known for his compassionate documentary work “highlighting the plight and resilience of ordinary people caught in conflicts, suffering under oppression, or economically disadvantaged.”

See more on GlobalCompassion

Via LostAtEMinor

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I love this photo of a disposed of RV in Japan. Courtesy of Tokyo Times.

Via Tokyo Times

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Lost At E Minor briefly interviewed Chinese photographer Shen Wei about his series Almost Naked and how he gets through those awkward moments of photographing naked people.

Who are your subjects and how do you go about finding them?
‘Most of my subjects are strangers; very few are people I know. I find my subjects through many different methods, such as at social events, through friends, on the Internet, and by approaching them on location’.

Born and raised in Shanghai, China. Shen Wei is a fine art photographer currently based in New York City.

Shen’s photographs have been widely exhibited, including Griffin Museum of Photography, Seattle Center on Contemporary Art, Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts, Australia Center for Photography, Lincoln Center and Saatchi Gallery at the Zoo Art Fair.

His photographs have been featured in various publications such as American Photo, Chinese Photography, PDN, Vision and La Tempestad.

See more on ShenPhoto.com

Via LostAtEMinor

Technorati Tags: Almost Naked, Asian American, China, photography, Shen Wei