Tag: Portrait
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Photography: Chama
Chama, a nickname given to him by his daughter, moved to Aichi in central Japan from Kyushu in the west over twenty years ago due to a health issue. His wife died years ago and after the children left home he has been living alone. Last year he started growing his own vegetables. Chama was…
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India: Haridwar Station Portraits
I added these to Flickr a few weeks ago but have decided to add them here too. These portraits were all taken at Haridwar Station in northern India in December last year. I’d like to return sometime soon and make this a more in-depth project and longterm project. かなり前に下の写真をFlickrに載せましたが、ブログでも載せることにしました。全てが北インドのHaridwar駅で去年の12月に撮影しました。近い内にもう一度インドに行って、そしてもっと深くて、長期間で撮影してみたい。
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Photography: Royal Trading Portraits
Here are a couple of portraits from Royal Trading, a Pakistani-owned car export business in Japan. These were taken after Iftar one evening during Ramadan. I’ve written more about Royal Trading in previous posts.
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Photography: Monthly Immigration Visits 1
Part of being a refugee applicant are the monthly visits to Immigration. Victoria has been going every month for the past 9 years to extend her children’s and her own provisional release from detention despite having her hands full as a mother. 難民の方が毎月入国管理局に行けなければなりません。ビクトリアさんが家族の為に9年間前から仮放免期間延印を取りに行っています。
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Photography: Victoria
This is Victoria and her children. Victoria is originally from Tanzania but has been living in Japan for the past 9 years. Her husband is Ugandan and their children were all born and raised in Japan. They speak only Japanese and go to Japanese schools like other children their age. Due to Japanese law the…
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India: Old Delhi 2
I went to Old Delhi with the naive assumption that I was going to take the best photographs I’d ever taken and that I would return home completely satisfied. I should have known better. I like the photos I took during the few days that I shot there but my mind is already racing with…
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India: Haridwar Train Station
There’s nowhere in the world that can compare to an Indian train station. Most train stations throughout the world – Western and Japanese anyway – are for the most part sterile places that have serve one function. But every Indian trains station that I have ever been to has it’s own unique character. I caught…