Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Shonan Hiratsuka Beach Park


Calling to my border collie to join me in the waves at Shonan Bellmare Hiratsuka Beach Park located about 36 km southwest of Yokohama, which is about a 40-minute drive on the expressway, or an 80-minute drive from Tokyo. This is also near the site where beach volleyball games were held to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.
ISO - at ƒ/4.4 for 1/1000 sec.
#beach #waves #bordercollie #Hiratsuka #湘南ベルマーレひらつかビーチパーク #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #SonyHDRGW77V #SonyHandycam

Watching the waves wash up on shore. She loves to chase after waves retreating from the beach, but gets scared when new waves come crashing back onto the beach.
ISO 800 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/500 sec.
#beach #bordercollie #dog #Hiratsuka #湘南ベルマーレひらつかビーチパーク #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

Dripping wet from playing in the ocean on a hot summer afternoon in Hiratsuka on the shores of Sagami Bay.
ISO 800 at ƒ/8 for 1/250 sec.
#beach #bordercollie #dog #Hiratsuka #相模湾 #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

If I am not careful, she could easily work herself into a heatstroke running up and down the beach on a hot summer afternoon.
ISO 800 at ƒ/13 for 1/1600 sec.
#beach #bordercollie #dog #Hiratsuka #相模湾 #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

Surfer on a longboard lazily paddling south into Sagami Bay in search of some decent waves on a somewhat calm afternoon.
ISO 400 at ƒ/16 for 1/500 sec.
#beach #sufer #SagamiBay #Hiratsuka #海岸 #サーファー #相模湾 #平塚 #海 #PentaxKS2

Pigeon on the beach possibly expecting some food scraps of which I had none.
ISO 400 at ƒ/16 for 1/500 sec.
#beach #pigeon #SagamiBay #Hiratsuka #海岸 #ハト #鳩 #相模湾 #平塚 #海 #PentaxKS2

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Once a Day



Seeds were sown.

Fruits of labor grew.

A tempest raged on the horizon.

Time, a soul, and a heartbeat stolen.

Despairing numbness.

Blinding silence.

Sinking in the abyss.

Monday, August 7, 2017

Minato Mirai Yokohama Art


Exterior lamp on wall near entrance of the historical Yokohama Customs Building built in 1934 (museum on first floor).
ISO 3200 at ƒ/11 for 1/2500 sec.
#lamp #ClassicalArchitecture #JapaneseArchitecture #YokohamaCustoms #横浜税関 #古典主義建築 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Reflection of the historical Yokohama Customs Building. Rebuilt in 1934 after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Design elements of an Islamic mosque were the inspiration for the dome, while Western-European Romanesque elements were used for the rest building, especially the interior.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/14 for 1/1600 sec.
#reflections #ClassicalArchitecture #JapaneseArchitecture #YokohamaCustoms #横浜税関 #古典主義建築 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

View of Red Brick Warehouse No. 1 and plaza from a museum window in Warehouse No. 2. Construction of Warehouse No. 2 was completed in 1911, and No. 1 was completed in 1913. Most of Yokohama was destroyed by the massive 1923 earthquake, but both warehouses remained in relatively better condition due to modern building techniques. In 1945, the U.S. Army took control of the Port and used both warehouses for military supplies. After 10 years of restoration work, the city of Yokohama turned the warehouses into a major cultural and commercial center that attracts visitors from the world over.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/14 for 1/400 sec.
#RedBrickWarehouse #MinatoMirai #JapaneseArchitecture #PortofYokohama #横浜赤レンガ倉庫 #みなとみらい #古典主義建築 #横浜 #横浜港 #PentaxKS2

Art installation titled "Atlas 2016" by Irish artist, Kathy Prendegrast, consists of 100 copies of the "AA Road Atlas of Europe" with the open pages blacked out with Indian ink and displayed on trestle tables. I read the back story on this work, but it was still over my head. Regardless, I like the contrast of black ink and bright exterior lighting.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/11 for 1/200 sec.
#RedBrickWarehouse #YokohamaTriennale2017 #KathyPrendegrast #横浜赤レンガ倉庫 #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #キャシープレンダーガスト #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Art installation using green and pink sea urchin shells from Greece and fine sand. Titled "Island for the Colorblind" by Moroccan artist, Laurent Gutierrez, and French artist, Valérie Portefaix.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/80 sec.
#seaurchin #shells #YokohamaMuseumofArt #YokohamaTriennale2017 #ウニの殻 #横浜美術館 #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Yokohama Triennale 2017


 Cooling off her feet in one of several decorative ponds around the Minato Mirai District of Yokokhama.
ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/400 sec.
#dog #pet #bordercollie #pond #urbandogwalk #minaotomirai #犬 #愛犬 #ペット #ボーダーコリー #町の散歩 #池 #みなとみらい #PentaxKS2

 Artwork by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (based in Germany)  where he has hung lifeboats on the façade of Yokohama Museum of Art in reference to the 2017 crisis of refugees fleeing to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
ISO 400 at ƒ/11 for 1/250 sec.
#art #museum #YokohamaTriennale2017 #YokohamaMuseumofArt #AiWeiwei #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #アイウェイウェイ #横浜美術館 #PentaxKS2

 Ai Weiwei presented a large-scale installation addressing the ongoing refugee crisis with recovered life jackets covering the columns of Yokohama Museum of Art, which is a gesture aimed to gain solidarity with refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean to a better life. The typical Japanese is likely unaware of the atrocities occurring on the other side of the planet.
After Japan experienced a similar exodus of refugees fleeing war-torn Japan for overseas countries to build their business, farms, and heal their families in Brazil, and other locations abroad, it was hoped that the exhibition might bringer greater awareness to the lives of the refugees.
ISO 400 at ƒ/7/1 for 1/400 sec.
#art #museum #YokohamaTriennale2017 #YokohamaMuseumofArt #AiWeiwei #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #アイウェイウェイ #横浜美術館 #PentaxKS2

The “Fruits Tree” installation by South Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa is located in Rinko Park sitting on the edge of the Port of Yokohama. The sculpture commemorates the Japan-South Korea World Cup co-sponsorship in 2002.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/16 for 1/2500 sec.
#art #RinkoPark #MinatoMirai #ChoiJeongHwa #Yokohama #臨港パーク #みなとみらい #フルーツツリー #チェジョンファ #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Standing next to the water front of Rinko Park in the Port of Yokohama on a hot summer afternoon facing inland with views of the hotels, shopping centers, convention center, exhibition center, concert hall, high-rise apartments, and office towers of the Minato Mirai district.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/14 for 1/6000 sec.
#RinkoPark #MinatoMirai #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #臨港パーク #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

 Dale-chan taking her break in a pool of water that flows over glazed glass walls in Aka Renga Park. The glass walls are just huge squares with no roof. A peek from above shows pumps and ducts for a heat exchange and storage system for the nearby Red Brick Warehouses, which were built in 1911 and 1913. Such old buildings have no flat roof surface for the cooling & heating systems. A lot of tourists mistake the glass walls with water flowing over as works of art.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/13 for 1/2000 sec.
#dog #pet #bordercollie #AkaRengaPark #RedBrickWarehousePier #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #赤レンガパーク #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

 Streamers stretched across the courtyard between Red Brick Warehouse 1 (1911) and Red Brick Warehouse 2 (1913) in preparation for  the Jambo Farm!! Red Brick Paradise event  features performances and local foods, craft, and drinks brought in from a variety of cultures that flourish in Africa!
ISO 3200 at ƒ/18 for 1/6000 sec.
#flags #streamers #JamboFarmRedBrickParadsie #RedBrickWarehousePier #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #ジャンボファーム レッドブリック パラダイス #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2
 
Streamers and a mock hippo in the courtyard between Red Brick Warehouse 1 (1911) and Red Brick Warehouse 2 (1913) in preparation for  the "Jambo Farm!! Red Brick Paradise" event featuring a super tiny fraction of the various foods, crafts, and drinks found in Africa.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/13 for 1/3200 sec.
#hippo #streamers #JamboFarmRedBrickParadsie #RedBrickWarehouse #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #ジャンボファームレッドブリックパラダイス #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

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