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so much time… so little to do finally emerging from, all things being considered, what has been a pretty grim winter here in london. the first really warm week here, now two weeks in to official spring. i’ve been pretty much a hermit, and not feeling much like taking pictures. i’m hoping to get over that over the next few days or so.<br />i’m not normally the kind of photographer who likes to…

paris | en hiver a series of images made in paris on a recent january trip. the left bank, the seine and around montmartre. january is not my favourite month (is it anyone’s?) and the weather gives a subdued aspect to the city of lights. for me it lies somewhere between sleep and melancholy “nothing happens, this is what happens.” – georges perec “i can’t go on, i’ll go on.” -samuel beckett

paris | en hiver a series of images made in paris on a recent january trip. the left bank, the seine and around montmartre. january is not my favourite month (is it anyone's?) and the weather gives a subdued aspect to the city of lights. for me it lies somewhere between sleep and melancholy “nothing happens, this is what happens.” – georges perec “i can’t go on, i’ll go on.” -samuel beckett <a…

the veneration of moss as a feature in traditional japanese landscape gardening is widely-known. possibly the most renowned example is the zen buddhist temple in the south-west of kyoto, popularly known as koke dera(simply ‘moss temple’ in english). its correct and formal name is kōinzan saihō-ji (洪隠山西芳寺). although growing in popularity with the expanding tourist boom in japan since the covid…

my first attempt to visit gunkanjima  was in 2013. it would have been a pretty grim november visit: wet, a bit cold, overcast, and, well, altogether novembery. seats on the boat to battleship island had been booked well in advance with the rather pessimistic proviso that the intended visit would take place strictly weather permitting because only in calm seas could a safe landing on the island be…

it started as a not very promising cloudy morning in the small town of ortisei in the dolomite region of northern italy or alto adige.starting with a ride on the funicular railway departing from ortisei to the plateau heights of rasciesa next door to the more well-known seceda viewpoint. the walk began at the funicular terminal and was intended to be a circular route around the peak with its…

arrival in fukuoka at shin-hakata station. a little confused as to where hakata ends and fukuoka begins. i’ve stayed here overnight a few times over the years, not as a destination for its own sake, but as a gateway to further travels in kyushu; kumamoto, nagasaki, yufuin, kagoshima. anyway. fukuoka, after the big beasts of tokyo, osaka, nagoya  on the main island, honshu is nevertheless of the…

this museum, designed by kisho kurokawa, architect of the metabolist movement building; tokyo’s nakagin tower’, perhaps as much admired, and loved as reviled. although formal and ordered, it nevertheless demonstrates kurokawa’s concern with modularity and organic formulation. these images were made on an afternoon stroll this year in august, when the temperature was over 40ºC i wasn’t sure i’d…

penguins … in kyoto? <p>traditionally, according to local ordinances, no building in <em>kyoto</em>, the old capital of japan (prior to the establishment of <em>edo</em>, now <em>tokyo</em> of course) should be taller than the tallest buddhist temple.<br />however, during the 1990s under the architect and engineer <em>hiroshi hara</em>, the older <em>kyoto</em> station (京都駅) was radically rebuilt…

bali ubud | temples and a bit of bamboo sorting through older photographs i was struck by these, taken on a rather lazy visit to bali, about two years ago. i’d almost forgotten about them because the trip had more to do lying around next to a swimming pool than exploring, but i did find these. please click on any and all images for a larger gallery experience. (o. and leave a like, below, if you…

aso san i’ve stayed in the japanese prefecture of kumamoto, in kyushu, several times. what brings me back is the stunningly beautiful landscape around the ancient caldera of mount aso or asosan. the outer caldera is up to 80-150Km around, and is one of the biggest in the world. it is the result of a series of cataclysmic eruptions which took place between 90,000 and 300,000 years ago. my first…

a one day wander in kamikōchi <a href="https://kenedwards.org.uk/image/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/0001-kamikochi_colour-24_10_22-2-scaled.jpg" data-elementor-open-lightbox="yes" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow="d365cae"…

kamikōchi in autumn <p>k<em><strong>amikōchi</strong></em> is a remote highland valley located in the northern japan alps, within nagano prefecture. part of the <strong><em>chūbu-sangaku</em> </strong>national park, it lies at an elevation of approximately 1,500 metres and is accessible only from mid-april to mid-november. private vehicles are not permitted within the area, helping to preserve…

築 地 市 場　(tsukiji market) <p>photographs of <em>tsukiji fish market</em> and nearby.<br />when i first visited japan in the early ’nineties, one of the first recommendations i receved was to visit <em>tsukiji</em>. the recommendation then was based on <em>tsukiji’s</em> still being the fully operational central fish market for tokyo and the adjacent prefectures. the fish market itself was not open…

poorly in paris for the last few years i’ve been regularly travelling to paris in january (accompanying someone who has work with paris fashion week). i’ve always enjoyed these visits, despite the sometimes freezing, usually miserable and grey, weather. the weather usually doesn’t trouble me too much. i wrap up warm and carry my <em>fujifilm x100f</em> so i don’t need to worry about protecting my…

(project) <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';">the island of setoda is nestled in a corner of the japan inland sea, near hiroshima. setoda’s shiomachi district is a quiet corner of hiroshima…

in ‘projects’ a series of photographs, taken in january 2024 on the island of setoda (link here)   <a href="https://kenedwards.org.uk/image/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/setoda-31.jpg" data-elementor-open-lightbox="yes" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow="6ecebac"…