Tokyo

Movement & Posture

Tokyo: focus the light
Time out from field study preparations to sit on the other side of the lens for a change. And an unspoken dialog with the photographer …



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07 Sep 2006

In: Today's Office
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Soon You Will Be There, Not Here

30 Aug 2006

In: Azabu Juban, Today's Office
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Yesterday involved a bike ride out to Azabu Juban to collect a visa-stamped passport from an embassy. The process of applying for a visa and then …
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Tokyo Wakes

01 Aug 2006

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If there’s an upside to jetlag it that it’s a viable excuse to hop on a bike and take an early hour’s ride around Tokyo …
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It Is, I know, Thank-you

19 Jun 2006

In: Daikanyama, Future Perfect
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The photo shows a fairly typical scene – a motorbike parted under the bushy canopy of a small tree – positioned to protect it from …
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Learning Not To Ask Too Many Questions

26 May 2006

In: Ginza, Today's Office
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The default in the operating theatre is calming classical music but it sounds too much like muzak for my liking. I don’t expect a postive …
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What You Take, When You Go Where You Go

23 Mar 2006

In: Meguro, Today's Office
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There is s a corner of the office that is forever collecting materials for the next field study. The process of piling things up starts …
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Monitored , Monitoring

06 Mar 2006

In: Akasaka, Today's Office
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This afternoon’s office of sorts is a waiting room in a health clinic. I’ve just spent half an hour lying on my side whilst getting …
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Getting Here From There

20 Feb 2006

In: Shibuya, Today's Office
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Sometimes it’s good to be home and live and breathe with a regular rhythm. My home city is many things – not least of which …
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The Value of U, Is That U Are Here

29 Jan 2006

In: Future Perfect, Shibuya
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This photo was taken on the escalator transporting passengers from the Keio Line exit of Shibuya Station and disgorging them into Tokyo’s busy Friday night …
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Tour Bus Ethnography

14 Jan 2006

In: Shibuya, back of, Today's Office
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Looking at my travel schedule for the next few months I’m left wondering what can I expect to learn from the relatively short amounts of …
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