Images from Japan

My recent trip to Japan was a photographic joy. Everywhere you point a camera, there's something fresh to capture. The black and white shot is in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo. It was the first warm day of spring, and thousands of young people gathered to play games. I bumped into another English guy who was as transfixed by the sight of dozens of kids doing synchronised dance routines and playing elaborate games of what we used to call 'What's The Time Mr Wolf?' in the woods. He was a photographer, too, and said it reminded him of Hyde Park in the late Sixties, the summer of love, when kids would get together and have their 'Be-ins'. It was a magical experience. I shot this one with a really wide lens, and then processed it into low-contrast black and white to give it a sense of magic and of time having passed. I've got this one printed and mounted at this ratio, too. It looks great and reminds me of the affecting experience I had watching these kids have such a great and innocent time.