Miss Universe Japan 2012 Contestants

In anticipation of the Miss Universe Japan 2012 contest on Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Osaka, here's a photo of the contestants.

More details of the event can be found here...

And I'll post the winner here shortly!

Cheers
Andrew Joseph

Japan Photos: 2011 and 2012

Here's a link from the Toronto Star showing the aftermath of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and what it looks like now in 2012.

PHOTOS

Andrew Joseph

Statue Of An Old Man

I wanted to share with you a cool photo, mostly because I am behind the eight-ball at work and am doing homework now. Pay writing takes precedent over play writing, unfortunately.

Two photos...  the one above, which shows a small old man statue that was about 12-inches (30 centimeters) high. I believe it was taken in Kamakura, japan... about 31 kilometers west of Tokyo. I'm unsure. It was a rainy day - because when the ame otoko (rain man) (that's me!) travels, it always rains. I was with my good friend Matthew who should have known better. We were close enough to see the mythical Mt. Fuji... but the crappy weather made sure I never saw it.Snow, rain, cloud, volcanic ash, Godzilla attack... Mt. Fuji remained as elusive as a blue sky in Japan.

The photo below - is the same photo. It's the untouched version of the one above. It is black and white photograph processed as though it was color film. I wish I could take credit for the sheer awesomeness of this ancient looking photo - but no... it was because of the two sexy redheaded Japanese girls at the film department of Iseya who were to busy chatting me up to properly check off the right boxes on my film.

Hmmmm... sounds like a date, ladies.

Anyhow... which version looks better to you? Call me daft, but I like the original version, as the screwed up processing makes it look as though there was a mist caused by the rain all around - which there was - and makes it look, I don't know.. mystical. Mysticism.... I love the isms, and their off-shoots. 

Photographed by Andrew Joseph using the lost art form of camera film photography and his 50mm Minolta XG-se camera bought in the early 1980s. 

Pearl Harbor Photos

I hope this works... but here's a link to some previously unseen photos of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, bombed by the Japanese this date in 1941.


PHOTOS

Andrew Joseph