journal

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places

asia

setoda

in ‘projects’ a series of photographs, taken in january 2024 on the island of setoda

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asia

coffee, jazz, and neon

my last visit to japan was in june, typically the heart of the rainy season in tokyo. the weather should have been in the upper

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london

“a night out in london”

outing … i’m mainly posting this just to remind you all that i haven’t stopped posting on here, the website hasn’t died (nor have i

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asia

new japan photos

recently … just spent a month in what should normally have been ‘rainy season’ japan. however, as most of us now recognize; climatically, there aren’t

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distance

greenway

walking east london greenway — ‘twixt plaistow and stratford one of the great pleasures of living in london is walking.the city is criss-crossed with urban pathways through

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holborn

farringdon

summer in the city (hot town) So, you thought i’d died, not really … just a hiatus. some personal stuff i won’t bore you with here, but i’ve

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london

haunted by postmodernism

kindergarten wolfartsweier architects: tomi ungerer and ayla suzan yöndel memphis studios interior ettore sottsass and others is po-mo now retro? recently visited charles jencks’ residence; the cosmic

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asia

naoshima (yes, again)

naoshima | yes, again when i first visited naoshima in a mild january in 2003, although you would immediately recognise the house benesse resort

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asia

the phoenix hall of byodoin

the phoenix hall of byōdō-in byōdō-in is a temple situated in uji-shi a city found between the two historical capitals of japan; nara and kyoto. the most

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Category: places