MetaFilter posts tagged with photographs and Japan

“Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge

KokuRyu — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:39:13 -0800

Tsukiji knife photos by Tony McNicol. List of published articles. List of selected photo galleries. I’ve been taking photos of a 240 year old knife shop in Tsukiji fish market.... If you buy a knife at the shop you can bring it back to be sharpened for free. Website bio: Tony McNicol is a freelance journalist and photographer based in Tokyo (who has) been living in Japan for almost 8 years, working as a freelance journalist for over four years. (His) writing and photos have appeared in publications including National Geographic News, Discover Magazine, Wired Magazine, the Japan Times, the JAL and ANA inflight magazines and the Japanese-language edition of Newsweek. And a few more!

Japanese historical photographs ca. 1910

Rumple — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:43:16 -0800

A nice set of photographic glass-plate transparencies depicting life in Japan ca. 1910. These "Yokohama photographs" were sold to foreign tourists between about 1868 and 1912. I found the Crafts and Trades section most interesting.

generations

nickyskye — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:19:21 -0800

The old and the new Japan in one frame. The delicate relationship of Oyako, parent and child. In 1982 American photographer Bruce Osborn began what has become his lifelong work. For the last 25 years he took pictures of one parent with one child in a white studio setting.

Photographs of Allied Occupied Japan after WW2

carter — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:10:33 -0800

360 photographs of Allied-occupied Japan after World War Two, taken by anthropologist John W. Bennett, arranged in portfolios with comments by Bennett and links to large images, such as hotel umbrellas drying in the sun. The exhibition includes selections from Bennett's journal and letters with his first impressions of Japan. Portfolios include views of Tokyo, children in the park, women of the night, traditional architecture, and Japanese resorts.

Manabu Yamanaka Photograph

hama7 — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 16:56:54 -0800

Manabu Yamanaka Photographs. [view with caution]

Yoshikazu Iwahashi Photograph

hama7 — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:03:45 -0800

Yoshikazu Iwahashi Photograph.