odo Archive

  • Contact sheets | a sample

    Contact sheets | a sample

    August 7, 2010
    I thought I’d share three contact sheets. A “succesful” one, a “nope, I’ve not quite got it yet” one,  and...
  • My streets | then there was rain

    My streets | then there was rain

    July 2, 2010
    This time round has been extraordinarily difficult in Tokyo. It has been my longest trip to date (a full month),...
  • 893 Magazine | Playing wide

    893 Magazine | Playing wide

    May 13, 2010
    I wonder how “wide” a photographer should be playing these days. It seems obvious to me that the time has...
  • The meeting | Koi

    The meeting | Koi

    May 11, 2010
    Ever since I started this project over a year ago, there has been one particular recurring moment which I, to...
  • The covert training camp

    The covert training camp

    April 14, 2010
    I arrive early. I’ve hitched a ride with two young recruits who will be trained here. I have no idea...
  • The bath house | Narita

    The bath house | Narita

    March 24, 2010
    I’m exhausted, waiting at the entrance of the tiny bath house at the golf course near Narita, hoping to get...
  • Odo book dummy | Thoughts

    Odo book dummy | Thoughts

    February 24, 2010
    So my book dummy arrived last week. yay :-) It’s kind of funny to notice the different “feels” a particular...
  • The commemoration | Socho

    The commemoration | Socho

    January 13, 2010
    Bright day. Early morning. A commemoration is to be held for a deceased family member. The family is in charge...
  • Taka-san | The fixer

    Taka-san | The fixer

    November 20, 2009
    Meet Taka-san. He is a great friend and my fixer for the Yakuza project entitled “Odo“. He runs a tiny...
  • The beach

    The beach

    October 3, 2009
    The covert training camp lies somewhere along the shores of southern Japan. I have no idea where i am, after...
  • Coffee and tattoos

    Coffee and tattoos

    September 5, 2009
    Tanamoto Kaicho lies motionless, silently enduring the pain. Sensei Horiyoshi applies the tattoo manually, according to ancient…
  • Eye of the beholder

    Eye of the beholder

    June 26, 2009
    I’ve worked all day to prepare everything. Made galleries on my portable; made prints at Yodobashi Camera. Wrapped everything up...
  • As light shines on thy thigh

    As light shines on thy thigh

    April 16, 2009
    Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo – Going deeper underground… Walking the streets with Soichiro and his family. Kabukicho is the red light,...
  • Odo

    Odo

    January 25, 2009
    Meet Soichiro. He has agreed to us getting to know each other. Through the barriers of different languages and cultures,...