57 Images of Japan

57 Images of Japan I love the images of the street – people in the moment, the ephemeral and often powerful statements of street art and graffiti. The moment, in Japan, includes the land, gardens, wood and stone, shaped through millennia by culture and time, survivors of apocalyptic wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Taken in the summer of 2013, these photographs are from my first trip to Japan, first impressions of an Eastern culture I had only experienced through film, books, and museums. What I know about street photography I took with me, along with bags full of TriX and Portra film. For my partner, Claudia, this was pilgrimage, the realization of a life-long quest to return to the culture she had fallen in love with while living there as a child. I shot all photographs with 35mm film (400 Portra & TriX). Only the snow lion image is cropped. I will have prints of these images (framed or unframed) for sale at SodaCity Market in February. Please come by and take a look. The book and individual images are available below.

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57 Images of Japan by Frank Heflin

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Ancient Tree - Kyoto
Street Musician in Ueno Park - Tokyo
Street Percussionist in Ueno Park – Tokyo
Tokyo Street Scene
Garden Walk in Hase-dera Temple – Hase
Snow Lion – Kamakura
Motor Pool – Kamakura
A Kyoto Station
Shrine of 10,000 Torii Gates – Kyoto
Weary Monk – Kumano Nachi Taisha Temple
Buddha in Kyoto Garden
The Hojo (Zen priest’s residence) in Nazen-ji Temple – Kyoto
Forest Temple – Kyoto
Tea in a Kyoto Ryokan
Claudia’s Famous Blue Umbrella 1 – Kyoto Philosopher’s Walk
Dragon Steps at Ginkaku-ji Temple – Kyoto
Moss Tender at Ginkaku-ji Temple – Kyoto
Aquaduct - Kyoto
Four Monks on the Way to Temple – Kyoto
Bicyclist – Katsuura
Naramachi Lattice House – Kyoto
Kumanao Kodo Pilgramage – Takahara to Hongu
Takahara Shrine – Kumano Kodo
Takahara Shrine – Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage
Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Oji Between Takahara and Hongu
Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Steps
Garden Pond – Kyoto
Garden Bridge – Hongu
Fish Market – Katsuura
Noble – Early Morning at Katsuura Fish Market
Public Foot Bath – Katsuura
Fishing Vessel – Katsuura
Nachi Falls through Lamp
Garden Pine – Kumanao Nachi Taisha Temple
Two Pilgrims at Kumano Nachi Taisha Temple
Claudia’s Famous Blue Umbrella 2 – Nachi
Torii Gate – Kumano Nachi Temple
Two Pilgrims at Kumano Nachi Temple
Pilgrim at Bell
Kumano Nachi Taisha Temple and Waterfall
Spare Parts in Todai-ji Temple – Nara
Temple Guardian Subdues in Todai-ji Temple - Nara
Kumano Nachi Taisha Pagoda and Waterfall
Claudia’s Famous Blue Umbrella 3, Isuien Garden – Nara
Nara Shops
A Hot Day in Nara
Buddha in Todai-ji Temple – Nara
Caged Guardian in Toai-ji Temple – Nara
Water Wheel in Insuien Garden
Lake Flowers in Isuien Garden – Nara
Hungry Deer in Nara Park
Two Worlds in One – Kyoto station/Hongu bus stop/Tokyo market
Children Visiting Todai-ji Temple - Nara

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