March 08, 2004

Characters

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Gorgeous old shoe shiner, Shinjuku

I love the facial characteristics of old men and women (excepting those wily old obatallions, but let's not go there) particularly the creases of their wise and wizened faces.

I am also a major fan of the rabbit warren that is Shinjuku. It's just fuckin' crazy. Like Ikebukuro, it's bright, garish, grimy and, as far as it goes in Japan, dodgy as all hell. Yeah, that puppy always shines for me!

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Alley upon Alley, Shinjuku

Posted by Kinki at March 8, 2004 08:39 AM

oooo-ahhhhh, love the old shoeshiner pic. just gorgeous! well done.

Posted by: frangipani at March 8, 2004 10:19 PM

I like that last shot a lot. The alley one.

Posted by: Tina at March 9, 2004 12:49 AM

Shine on you crazy diamond...

Posted by: Florian Jacobs at March 9, 2004 03:42 AM

I like that shoeshiner shot. Shuperb!

Posted by: justin at March 9, 2004 05:25 PM