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Close to the Hotel is as interesting as anywhere else

by DAVID BROWN

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About the Book
As I have advanced into middle age, many life situations have arisen which have made the likelihood of continued trips to Japan increasingly less likely. Even Shiba Park would be missed into faded memory. I took myself, armed with a camera, knowing that, it might really be the last visit. Opened in this sense, in a sadly moving way, I did find that: close to the hotel is indeed as interesting as anywhere else.
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Travel
  • Project Option: Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
    # of Pages: 50
  • Publish Date: Aug 10, 2020
  • Language English
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About the Creator
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DAVID BROWN
LONDON, ENGLAND, UK,

I live and work in central London in the UK. I make books in an attempt to outwit mediocrity and hope to share the results as an act of friendship. A book as a message in a bottle. PHOTO-BOOKS. The bringing together of words and images is something that has always had the power to move, amuse and/or, annoy me profoundly. Some things I've realised: 1: A commentary which attempts to "explain" images usually robs images of their inherent ability to express beyond words. 2: Using images to illustrate prose usually robs prose of it's inherent ability to produce new images in the readers imagination. How does the amateur photo-book maker overcome the above?.... Taking a lead from my hero, Chris Marker. I attempt to have the images and commentary be separate entities, running parallel; sometimes close, sometimes far apart, behind or in front, and then occasionally coming together, meeting, crossing and then on their way again. Hopefully...with a poetic outcome.

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