Category: Japan
Capturing this wabi-sabi detail, I paused on the edge of the elevated wooden veranda and simply looked down. Just beyond the ancient, polished floorboards, the weathered outdoor stone…
Creating this Kamakura Buddha Daibutsu black and white abstract long exposure art photography, I stood before the towering bronze monument and simply watched the world move around it….
While wandering around Zamami Island in Okinawa during the off-season, I spent an afternoon strolling along a completely deserted coastline. The summer crowds were long gone, and the…
Shooting this minimalist Yokohama skyscraper architecture photography on a freezing, rainy afternoon, I found myself entirely dwarfed by the sheer scale of the city’s towering glass. The heavy,…
Wandering barefoot across the massive, open pavilion of Senjokaku Hall on Miyajima Island, I was entirely humbled by the feeling of the 500-year-old wood beneath my feet. I…
For this minimalist photography study of Kamakura, Japan, I hiked up a narrow ridge to look back over the quiet town. From up there, the typical Japanese houses…
Wandering into the bamboo forest of Kamakura, I was immediately struck by the restless, heavy wind. I had been walking the temple trails all morning, seeking a quiet…
Wandering to the very edge of the land, I found my gaze entirely swallowed by the vast, unbroken blue of the Pacific Ocean. A single, distant island floated…
Standing quietly on the shoreline of Zamami Island, I watched a sudden break in the clouds spill soft sunrays over a few solitary cliffs rising from the ocean….
The Japanese interior hides many places where you can completely lose yourself and just be fascinated by the mystical power of nature. As I finally reached this clearing,…
A rainy nighttime stroll through Kyoto’s Mount Inari, lined with miles of “corridors” formed by iconic torii gates, has its own charm. Thanks to the rain, there are…
I arrived at the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove just as the evening was slipping away. As light gave way to darkness, a mysterious atmosphere settled in, inviting the imagination…