Ikebukuro in October

Police officer, Ikebukuro, October 4, 2003: click for gallery

The above photo is from a new album of images I’ve just uploaded, photos that were taken in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo over two sucessive weekends in October. (Truth be told, a few of the images have been shown before). Though I hesitate to draw any conclusions that will no doubt be betrayed by a new direction discovered oh, maybe tomorrow, I will draw your attention to the fact that all images but one feature human beings. This is not something I anticipated happening, but (for now) it’s definitely the direction things are going.

Perhaps it’s strange to remark about this at all, but just a few months ago you’d be hard-pressed to find very many people in my photos. Like I’m wont to do with a lot of things lately, I attribute this to Kaika, though to be honest I haven’t really thought about it enough to know whether in this case that’s warranted, or to fully explain how this might be so.

Like father, like son

Kaika, October 26, 2003: click for larger image (17K)

Kaika, October 26, 2003. Bessa R2, Konica Hexanon 50mm/2, Fuji Neopan 1600.

To his mother’s chagrin, Kaika has a habit of pursing his eyebrows in consternation just like Papa does.

Self-portrait while getting a shoeshine

Self-portrait, Yurakucho shoeshine, November 4, 2003: click for larger image (25K)

Yurakucho, November 4, 2003. Bessa R2, Konica Hexanon 50mm/2, Fuji Neopan 400 Presto.

For different reasons I’ve been often finding myself in Yurakucho station of late. On this particular occassion Naoko insisted I get a shoeshine for my weary Rockports that have now lasted longer than a year and half of almost daily use, and I snapped the above mirror shot while the nice man was working on my shoes. More Yurakucho images from the last month can be seen here.