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Tag Archives: Hiroh Kikai
The art of the caption
Choosing words to go with photographs is a big issue for us photobloggers. Some of us avoid them, others use them with caution, and some, like me, can’t seem to hold them back. Choosing the right balance between words and images is a very tricky thing and this tightrope walk often makes me think about [...]
Posted in Existentialist photo-ramblings, Japanese photography, Photo-journalism Also tagged captions, Duane Michals, Errol Morris, hipster, Ken Domon, Kikuji Kawada, Shomei Tomatsu, titles, Tomoko Yoneda 2 Comments
Interview: Hiroh Kikai, A man in the cosmos
I first met Hiroh Kikai in 2007 after discovering his portraits taken over several decades in Askausa, Tokyo, in his stunning book Persona. A collection of these photographs entitled Asakusa Portraits has since been published by Steidl. On a trip to Japan in May 2008, I managed to sit down with Kikai for an interview [...]
Welcoming in 2010
I’ve decided to start 2010 in the best way possible: with a quick photo-based trip to Tokyo (4-11 January). This might mean that eyecurious gets the year off to a bit of a slow start but I’m guaranteed to come back with tons of things to blog about. For those of you who haven’t made [...]
Posted in eyecurious News Also tagged Koji Onaka, Naoya Hatakeyama, Osamu Kanemura, Shintaro Sato Leave a comment
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