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The Golden Hook Japan

Jim Atwood — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:02:32 +0000

The Hook is another interesting kanji character in calligraphy form found often around temples and shrines in Japan. I like the color contrast and scratchy feel of the photo.

Sunflower Sun Japan

Jim Atwood — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:07:17 +0000

Sunflower Sun shows how big these guys can get. They are massive at times. I wanted to show more of the sunflower here, but honestly the background left a lot to be desired. Instead I elected to get down low and shoot at an angle to give add dimension and size. The petals are aging as you can see, but the central part of the sunflower is amazing. The detail is just astonishing to look at on these sunflowers.

Pigeon in Grunge Japan

Jim Atwood — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:33:43 +0000

These birds are abundant in Japan and quite frankly they bother me more than I enjoy them. They are extremely aggressive when you have food around and I think they come much too close to kids and me sometimes. With that said, they occasionally make for some interesting subjects and I particularly liked this shot with the grunge and off color background.

Turn to Stone Japan

Jim Atwood — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:37:51 +0000

I’m always looking for a different approach when taking photographs of either similar or the same subject. I thought the closeup, angle, and design of the Kanji character provided an interesting perspective.

Urban Street Art Japan

Jim Atwood — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:10:12 +0000

Japan is full of colorful and artistic graffiti these days. When I first arrived in Japan over 17 years ago, you didn’t encounter much street graffiti or city art, but these days tagging and character art is all over the place. In even smaller countryside cities like Nagano you find graffiti very common. This is due in part to the aging of the city and not enough new construction projects. It is also because there is a growing interest among young urban artists to do graffiti. Plus, the police in Japan do absolutely nothing about it. So it’s pretty much free reign these days for Graffiti artists to run rampant spraying their thoughts on the city walls and street buildings. As a photographer, this just means more cool and interesting subjects to photograph. The video below is a collection of Graffit shots I took in Nagano and Nagoya cities in Japan. Enjoy!

Japan Urban Graffiti T-Shirt

Jim Atwood — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:53:32 +0000

JDA Fishing Japan Dark

JDA Fishing Japan Dark was taken by Jim Atwood, a popular photographer located in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. Visit Jim Atwood Photography for more photos and info.

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JDA Fishing Japan Light

JDA Fishing Japan was taken by Jim Atwood, a popular photographer located in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. Visit Jim Atwood Photography for more photos and info.

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JDA Kakigori Japan Light

JDA Kakigori Japan Light was taken by Jim Atwood, a popular photographer located in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. Visit Jim Atwood Photography for more photos and info.

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JDA Kakigori Japan Dark

JDA Kakigori Japan Dark was taken by Jim Atwood, a popular photographer located in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. Visit Jim Atwood Photography for more photos and info.

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JDA Tunnel Japan Light

JDA Tunnel Japan Light was taken by Jim Atwood, a popular photographer located in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. Visit Jim Atwood Photography for more photos and info.

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JDA Tunnel Japan Dark

JDA Tunnel Japan Dark was taken by Jim Atwood, a popular photographer located in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. Visit Jim Atwood Photography for more photos and info.

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Caged Fury Japan

Jim Atwood — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:37:12 +0000

Video Narration about the Caged Fury Graffiti Japan Photograph by Jim Atwood Photography. Have a listen.

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Chemical Blue Graffiti Japan

Jim Atwood — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:30:02 +0000

Shot of a colorful metal barrel behind an electric fence.

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Window Jock

Jim Atwood — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:58:43 +0000

Window Jock – I particularly like this candid shot of a Japanese Window Washer in downtown Nagano city. You can see he is looking right at me when I took the photo. I thought, what are you going to do? Run after me?….laugh…joke.

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Japanese Monk in Zenkoji

Jim Atwood — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:16:09 +0000

This image depicts a Japanese monk walking up the main path to entrance of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City, Japan. I often see these color monks when I hang around Zenkoji. They usually show up every hour or so. This particular monk was very colorful and quite friendly in appearance.

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