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From the Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery in Chelsea. This image is by Issei Suda (1977)

Issei Suda was photographing traditional festivals throughout Japan as well as street scenes in Tokyo from 1971-1977.  This work, consisting of silver gelatin prints, is being featured in the Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery in New York.  Suda used to be a theatre photographer.  He is now 74 years old and is a professor at the Osaka University of the Arts.

The exhibit opens on 9/11/14.  This gorgeous portrait was obtained from Photograph magazine.      —–Paul Goldfinger @Blogfinger

MADAME BUTTERFLY  by Puccini.  Performance by Accademia di Santa Cecilia.  “Quanto Cielo! Quanto Mar!”