This post features 2 street photography books shot in New York by 2 different Japanese photographers. The first book New York Is is by the late Takayuki Ogawa. In April 1967, Takayuki Ogawa travelled to New York with his wife Wakako and spent about a year taking photographs. When I first looked through the photographs featured in...
Osaka-based street photographer Jun Abe’s latest offering “Kokubyaku Note 2″ or “Black & White Note 2” was released at the end of last year by Vacuum Press. I have been a big fan of Abe’s work since discovering his earlier books, “Citizens” and “Kokubyaku Note” (see this post). “Kokubyaku Note 2″ features more of Abe’s wonderful street photographs. The following are...
One photographer that has had a great impact on how I have came to see things around me is Sam Abell. I am drawn towards his ‘quiet’ photographs which seem to speak volumes in their silence. There is always a certain ‘mood’ in his photographs that resonates with me. When I first got interested in...