Shichi-Go-San, Tokyo
An annual festival for three, five and seven year old children where they dress up in their finest and go to the shrine with their families.
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An annual festival for three, five and seven year old children where they dress up in their finest and go to the shrine with their families.
March 14, 2010
Electronics, maid cafes, anime, video games. What more could you want?
March 14, 2010
Sunday afternoons in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park play host to rockabillies drinking, swivelling and generally rocking out to their favourite tunes.
March 14, 2010
Wedding procession. Beautiful bride and groom. Preparing for formal portraits.
October 22, 2009
A local lady tends to her flock through the valleys of the Cordillera Negra in Central Peru.
October 22, 2009
An old lady rugged up against the cold in the town of Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru.
October 19, 2009
She was waiting for the bus by the side of the road. Unfortunately, Peru being heavily reliant on overseas tourism as it is, many people often ask for money in exchange for a photo. Sometimes I agree, often I don’t.
October 18, 2009
Peruvian children in the Andes all seem to suffer from sunburn and wind-chapped cheeks.
October 18, 2009
October 17, 2009
An Evzone soldier stands guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece. The Scots did not have a monopoly on going to war in skirts. The ceremonial uniform of the Evzones is derived from that of the Greek bandits and guerillas that resisted Ottoman Turkish occupation prior to independence in the early… [Read more…]
October 17, 2009
The Sufi dervishes of the Mevlevi order in Turkey are famous for their Sema, a ceremony in which they spin themselves into a trance-like state as a way of becoming closer to God.
October 17, 2009
I love their natty school uniforms – especially the collars.
October 16, 2009
March 14, 2010
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