[…] and a night’s stay in Karuizawa. I will probably also be taking more of pictures of temples and shrines too. Also, from this week Nick is off the bench and now down […]
I like your idea for this project: showing shrines and temples in context. When I first came here it struck me how many shrines there are, tucked into the tiniest corners, between buildings, inside tree groves.
Of course everyone snaps pictures of them, but your angle is engaging.
I’m also a sucker for making self-portaits in traffic mirrors.
John Sypal: Sacred Places
John’s Sacred Places meditates on the place of the sacred in everyday life. The photographs are of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples—half-hidden behind walls, tucked between buildings, adjacent to street traffic—in Japan.
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[…] and a night’s stay in Karuizawa. I will probably also be taking more of pictures of temples and shrines too. Also, from this week Nick is off the bench and now down […]
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I like your idea for this project: showing shrines and temples in context. When I first came here it struck me how many shrines there are, tucked into the tiniest corners, between buildings, inside tree groves.
Of course everyone snaps pictures of them, but your angle is engaging.
I’m also a sucker for making self-portaits in traffic mirrors.
Comment by mark — 4/20/2005 @ 2:23 pm
John Sypal: Sacred Places
John’s Sacred Places meditates on the place of the sacred in everyday life. The photographs are of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples—half-hidden behind walls, tucked between buildings, adjacent to street traffic—in Japan.
He write…
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a few new photos are in the Sacred Places gallery
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