Did you ever have an idea that you were sure no one else would ever think of? And then, because we have the Internet, you found out that there were people doing the same thing all over the world? That’s what … [Read more...]
In Japan, there's a huge and vibrant community of people who love to make things, whether they're pre-made models, crafts, gadgets or anything in between. You can see what I'm talking about in our post last week about … [Read more...]
When photographer Miyoko Ihara decided to start documenting the life of her 87 year-old grandmother, Misao, for a photography book, you would think that the results would be pretty boring. Fortunately, Misao finds a … [Read more...]
A member of TextFugu was kind of enough to share with me this very unique Japanese photoblog, and so now I'm sharing it with you. I introduce to you "Yowayowa Camera," where yowayowa means "frail" and camera just means... … [Read more...]
I've seen some old pictures of Japan... but these are really old. We're talking like 1860-1861 here. I didn't know cameras existed at this time (though apparently the first exposure ever was taken in 1827, around 30 years … [Read more...]