January 10th, 2010 |
Tsukiji fish market is quickly turning into the photo destination in Tokyo. It’s colourful, chaoatic and real. It’s open 24 hours a day and about 10,000 people work there. What could be better?
(Just ignore the fact that officially the public, including tourists, aren’t allowed in the market).
Tsukiji fish market
I took my first photos at Tsukiji [...]
October 1st, 2009 |
There are some photographic subjects that are not exactly obviously photogenic. This was definitely one: Kamaboko AKA Japanese fish cake. I was shooting the white pasty food for an airline magazine. So what to do?
I visited a kamaboko factory in the inner Tsujiki fish market and the same company’s kamaboko shop in the outer market.
My [...]
October 13th, 2008 |
(apologies if you have come to this post looking for cute panda toys)
What can I say? A stuffed panda at the Tsukiji fish market . . .
There was a price tag and certificate of authenticity attached to the panda: I can’t remember exactly how much it cost, [...]
September 30th, 2008 |
[UPDATE 23 Nov 2008: All the photos in my online archive here, Tsukiji knife photos ]
[UPDATE 10 Oct 2008: The full story is now on the wesbite of Rex Features: here]
I’ve been taking photos of a 240 year old knife shop in Tsukiji fish market. This is the owner of the shop sharpening [...]
August 21st, 2008 |
I stumbled across this guy (not literally, but almost!) on my way to a Tsukiji fish market shoot VERY early one morning. He was wearing a pretty nice suit, so not sure why he hadn’t found himself a capsule hotel.
Got as close as I could with the wide angle (which is closer than it looks [...]
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