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!”
This music gives me goose bumps all over.