Welcome to Tokyo, performed by World Order, 2013 The Japanese pop band ‘World Order’ just released a visually striking video to their new track ‘Welcome to Tokyo’ written in response to Tokyo’s successful Olympic bid for the year 2020. Lead by Genki Sudo, a martial art specialist, the video consists of a series of clips…

Three years ago I wrote my first post for this blog. To celebrate this occasion – the third blogiversary as it is referred to by bloggers – I thought you might benefit from a list of the 25 most read articles. I have also installed this list on the sidebar if you wish to revisit…

Bryan Schutmaat, from the series ‘Grays the Mountain Sends’, 2013 In his series ‘Grays the Mountain Sends’, Bryan Schutmaat has photographed small mountain towns and mining communities in the American West. The photographs are subtle and evocative representations of the everyday, while the people and the landscapes in them look rugged, worn out, perhaps even…