http://www.japanexposures.com a personal introduction to Japanese photography Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:50:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've just got in copies of Daido Moriyama's brand new book, Northern, featuring work Moriyama shot in Hokkaido during a three-month trip in 1978. This work was first brought to a wider audience last year with an exhibition at Tokyo's Rathole Gallery -- accompanied by a massive $200-plus tome Hokkaido ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/07/02/new-moriyama-book-and-dvd/ Wakaba Noda was born in 1984 in Fukuoka, Japan. She went to Sweden as an exchange student while in high school -- "I saw very nice Astrid Lindgren movie when I was little and so I was always interested in Sweden", says Noda -- and since 2006 has been a ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/30/wakaba-noda-from-blink-series/ [caption id="attachment_3393" align="alignleft" width="530" caption="Tambay (The Watchman) {click to enlarge}"][/caption] Text and images by Michael G Dougan for Japan Exposures Let me start by saying that I like folding cameras. In fact, I like them so much that between the 59 cameras I own, there are quite a few folders. When I ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/25/fujifilm-gf670-professional-goes-monsoon/ A customer in Malaysia, who is obviously privileged enough to be given a private view of a final pre-production model of the forthcoming Olympus E-P1, sends us the above photo. In it you see a Carl Zeiss ZM Planar 50/2 mounted on the E-P1 by means of a Rayqual Leica ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/22/rayqual-m43-adapters-on-the-olympus-e-p1/ Our Equipment Sourcing Service is proving increasingly popular and we are getting good attention from the Tokyo used camera dealers on behalf of our clients. But sometimes there is an item too good to miss, but without a current client mandate. Therefore we have started to pick up these items ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/15/introducing-je-shop-exotics/ Japan Exposures is pleased to present the work of Haruto Hoshi, born 1970 in Kanagawa and educated at Contemporary Photography Research Institute. Hoshi's intense and at times uncomfortable images show life in the large Japanese cities in a captivating and arresting style. He represented by the Third District Gallery Tokyo. We ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/15/haruto-hoshi-gallery/ Haruto Hoshi was born in 1970 in Kanagawa prefecture. He graduated from the Contemporary Photography Research Institute in 2000. He has published his first book 街の火 (Luminance of the City) in 2007 and is represented by the Third District Gallery Tokyo. Please also see this extended gallery of his work. Related ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/15/haruto-hoshi/ Ahead of scheduled July 2009 Rayqual has released the two announced adapters for the Micro-Four-Thirds system (such as Panasonic Lumix G1 and the speculated digital Olympus Pen F). As always these high quality MADE IN JAPAN adapters are made to high quality standards and allow photographers and cinematographers to reliably and ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/05/rayqual-releases-nikon-f-and-contaxyashica-to-micro-43-lens-adapter/ I am trying to stay principled about my photography, I really do, but more often than not I feel overtaken by reality or some other realisation catching up. To counterbalance my previous insights about keeping things interesting here is another aspect well worth noting. When we are younger and finances are ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/06/05/camera-shock/ Following the DNP films we have added another inexpensive film to our selection: Fujicolor Industrial Color Negative Film. The film comes in very plain packaging and is available in 100 and 400 speed and is an all-purpose colour negative film for general use. Available in packs of ten or higher quantities ... http://www.japanexposures.com/2009/05/29/fujicolor-industrial-color-negative-film/