Kayo Ume, untitled from Ume-me, 2006. “Shutter chance”, that is the Japanese expression borrowed from the English language that best describes the photographs of the Japanese street photographer Kayo Ume. Take above photograph as an example. A young couple makes an evening visit to a local chemist. They are dressed casually, knowing that their trip…
The analogy between giving birth and the rescue operation of the Chilean miners was self-evidential. The Chilean president spoke about the miners being released from the ‘belly’ of the earth. Commentators also made the parallel to the biblical figure of Jonah reborn from the belly of a whale. These parallels might have been further provoked…
Ryuji Miyamoto, Cardboard Houses, Tokyo, 20th April 1994. Tokyo is a city made for the homeless. In the winter, it rarely gets below freezing and the summers are hot and humid. The infrastructure of the city supplies abundant opportunities for shelter, whether its under a bridge, along the rivers or in the parks. Even the…