Category: Photography
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Konica Minolta, Sayonara
Wow! Konica Minolta Holdings Co. announced that it would withdraw from the digital camera and film business by March 31, 2006. The company will also be transferring part of their Digital Single Lens Reflex camera business assets to Sony, and will then focus on its optics and display device fields such as liquid crystal film,…
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Marc Xavier LeBlanc
The other main participant of Canadian Style is photographer/DJ Marc Xavier LeBlanc. Marc Xavier LeBlanc is a photographer, artist, graphic designer, music promoter, musician, DJ and radio show host. He’s been nominated for the third year in a row as “photographer of the year†at the East Coast Music Awards, and has won numourous competitions…
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Canadian Style Flickr Photoset
I’ve put up a Flickr photoset of 35 pictures taken earlier today of the Canadian Style event. Still missing are pictures of Marc Xavier LeBlanc’s “The Minimalism Series” and Sonia Chow’s “Red + White/Read + Write” interactive installation (I’ll add those tomorrow).
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Markuz Wernli Saito
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Kyoto-based designer/photographer Markuz Wernli Saito will be in town next week to give a “very visually driven talk on the integration of image and word” at Ebisu’s Good Day Books (January 22 at 18:30). His latest work was as photo designer for the book MIREI SHIGEMORI, MODERNIZING THE JAPANESE GARDEN, and you can find out…
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The Latest from Nao Suzuki
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Nao Suzuki is a friend whose works (photography/video) I’ve mentioned before, and she lets me know that she now has 3 books and a small poster on sale at the Watari-um Art Museum‘s On Sundays shop. This is the start of a series, with future installments to incorporate different styles/formats.
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Object Fetish
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Object Fetish is probably something that would interest a lot of people who read this site (or basically anyone who uses Superfuture on a regular basis), and they’re currently looking for some people to work as photographers and personal shoppers. Here are two listings that might interest some of you Tokyo-based fashion/design freaks: Studioesque photographer…
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Afrirampo Love Jesper
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The above picture, taken by Keiji Ito about a year and a half ago during the Tokyo Style in Gothenburg event, features Jesper getting a bit of love from Afrirampo. More on the picture here. Update (16/09/05): The photo is no longer available.