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…taken beside Steve McCurry’s iconic photograph, “Afghan Girl”. (For the curious, “Afghan Girl” was taken in 1984 using a Nikon FM2 + Nikkor 105mm f/2.5.)

I love the classic look of the M2. I think it’s the best looking of all the Leica M’s.

201304-09-M3-SS36-50CRON-13 Kopie on Flickr.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:27:43 +0900

201304-09-M3-SS36-50CRON-13 Kopie on Flickr.

201304-08-M42-FOMAPAN200-35LUX-28 Kopie on Flickr.

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:19:50 +0900

201304-08-M42-FOMAPAN200-35LUX-28 Kopie on Flickr.

nevereverdull: Sixteen hour darkroom marathon… Very...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:54:09 +0900

nevereverdull:

Sixteen hour darkroom marathon…

Very cool !

201304-06-M42-FOMAPAN200-400J12[orange]-21 Kopie on Flickr.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:29:37 +0900

201304-06-M42-FOMAPAN200-400J12[orange]-21 Kopie on Flickr.

tokyo-camera-style: Caught the first of a two-part Robert Frank...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:05:20 +0900

tokyo-camera-style:

Caught the first of a two-part Robert Frank show at Gallery Bauhaus the other night- It’s an exhibition of prints from his Japanese-published book The Lines of My Hand.

The 600 yen admission fee is worth it- the prints/images are wonderful and they even have copies of some extremely rare Robert Frank books on hand as well to look (gently!) through- original (?) 1972 1st editions of The Lines of My Hand (marked down to 200,00 yen/$2000 from 300,000yen/$3,000) as well as a limited edition portfolio of some of Frank’s contact sheets from The Americans.

Chances to see Franks work up close and in such an intimate setting shouldn’t be missed.

Where: Gallery Bauhaus

(near JR Ochanomizu station, next to Kanda Myojin Shrine- google street view)

When: April 2nd to April 27th (gallery is closed Sundays and Mondays)

Open 11am to 7pm

It sounds well worth a visit, I wanna go !

201304-05-M42-FOMAPAN200-J12[orange]-25 Kopie on Flickr.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:28:43 +0900

201304-05-M42-FOMAPAN200-J12[orange]-25 Kopie on Flickr.

201304-05-M42-FOMAPAN200-J12[orange]-04 Kopie on Flickr.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:01:30 +0900

201304-05-M42-FOMAPAN200-J12[orange]-04 Kopie on Flickr.

201304-04-M42-TMAX3200-1600-J12-03 Kopie on Flickr.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:04:20 +0900

201304-04-M42-TMAX3200-1600-J12-03 Kopie on Flickr.

201304-03-M42-400PR-J12-15 Kopie on Flickr.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:47:32 +0900

201304-03-M42-400PR-J12-15 Kopie on Flickr.

201303-19-4AM-SS-J12-10 Kopie on Flickr.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:13:27 +0900

201303-19-4AM-SS-J12-10 Kopie on Flickr.

phuongnguyen89: “Many of the essentials of modern photography were learned in the postwar period...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:16:17 +0900

phuongnguyen89:

“Many of the essentials of modern photography were learned in the postwar period from Yasuhiro Ishimoto, who brought them from the United States when he returned to Japan. Although it might have been possible to learn the philosophy and techniques of modern photography from someone else, I would like to make clear that without Ishimoto we would never have achieved today’s photography.” -Shoji Yamagishi, New Japanese Photography, 1974