I've been reading Craig Mod's wonderful books about walking Japan and I realized how infrequently I see photos of the country that are not Tokyo, or at least not bustling. A bit of searching led me to these lovely b&w photos from Seiki Hayashi.
Many more on his Hayashi's Behance page.
TOILET FESTIVAL captures the essence of festivals through unexpected photographic portraits of festival-goers emerging from the toilets. These photos, taken spontaneously with a flash, reveal a gallery of unusual looks and attitudes, tinged with a touch of humor, constituting a sociological inventory of the various festival communities.
More on the Toilet Festival web page.
Someone name Terry is posting images of and thoughts on Edward Gorey to a blog. I'm letting you know, because who doesn't love Edward Gorey?
View the rest on Nature's Website.
Nick Veasey's X-RAY photos truly are spectacular. I have some X-RAYs of my dog that I've always meant to get printed but Nick's work is a whole other level. Extraordinary.
Plenty more on Veasey's website.
I've posted about Don't Hug Me I'm Scared before. They now have an official website.
If you're a musician, you should probably watch this video from Benn Jordan. It's only 3 minutes long.
If you want to get into the weeds on this, here's Jordan talking with Top Music Attorney about what's legally going on here. It's an hour forty and I've time-jumped it to skip their opening intros.
Masha Ivashintsova died in 2000 at the age of 58 and she left behind a considerable amount of undeveloped film, which her daughter found in the attic, sorted into dated envelopes.
She got it developed and shares them on the Masha Ivashintsova Website.
I sleep at Walmart that night, but the police will continue to come as if I’m some kind of one-man crime wave.
I meant to post this last month but it slipped through the cracks. Well worth a read: My Life As a Homeless Man in America.
The author had formally written for the Boston Globe and Reuters.
Patrick Fealey
Toronto is one of the worst cities I know of to be a pedestrian in. It's my biggest grief about living here — how hostile the city's design, laws, and processes are unless you're in a car. I walk a lot, hours ever day, and cannot tell you how often I see drivers run red lights, ignore crosswalks, or use bike lanes as passing lanes or parking spaces. It is literally every single day if not every single walk.
There is a street near my house, Parkside Drive, which has numerous pedestrian fatalities. The speed camera on that street generates more revenue for the city than any other, yet every day people run red lights on it and the city does nothing.
Someone in Vancouver came up with this crosswalk hack, which is ingenious. We need these on every corner.
