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Tonight after work (and before I got my newly repaired phone back) I swung into a bookstore for the June 2008 issue of Asahi Camera. Onishi sensei told me he had a few pages of pictures in it. He does/did, and they are/were good. And familiar.

I was right next to him when he took this:

and I have the pictures to prove it:

That said (shown), he got it.

For the past week I had been expecting a letter from Nikon about the photos I submitted for their latest call for entries.
Expected a thin “thank you” envelope but got the thicker “here are the dates for your shows in Tokyo and Osaka” one instead.

Now that’s two exhibitions to prepare for over the next few months. (note: This is Great)

For those who might not be familiar with how photographs are exhibited in Japan, most camera and “imaging” companies run respected galleries in Tokyo. Of all the dedicated Photographic galleries in this town, they are rare in that work is submitted to a jury, and then allowed to be shown. The other route is to have the connections for gallery representation in the upper strata of the High Art World, or (and this is more common) spend anywhere from 800 to 1500+ dollars to exhibit your work for 6 days at a rental gallery.

Now to figure out where and how I am going to get some of my prints printed on A0 paper for this show. The mock-up plan I submitted was easy enough to make, but getting the real thing constructed is going to be interesting.

If a button comes off of your infobar2, there is no way you are going to be able to put it back in place. All of the buttons are glued to one clear rubber piece that holds them above the contacts, and is kept in place by the outer shell of the phone. If your “0″ button gets caught on something when you slide it into your pocket, it will tear right out. Luckily the AU shop I stopped in later in the day said that the phone can be sent off for repair.

And yes, Abu-chan is the first beautiful thing I see every morning and the last beautiful thing I see every night. アブちゃんは最高です。本当のインテレジェンス美人だ。
She lights up when I get emails. Unfortunately they are not ever from her though…