About the Book
Now I was back in Tokyo: end of holiday, last few days, loose-end, no plan.
So I found myself at Ueno. I doubt it was by any intention on my part, just dint of riding those trains on my rail pass, as I did almost relentlessly when in Tokyo.
About the Creator
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.