Michelle Egan
One Summer Evening (June 2014)
Aoyama Cemetery, iPhone 3.
Local Matsuri (July, 2018)
I lived in Kamiikebukuro, in Northern Tokyo, from September 2015 to April 2019. As the older buildings were demolished and rebuilt, many young people moved to the area. A weekend of summer festivities was organised by the local shrine in 2018. The odori was held in the park.
The final tuna auction at Tsukiji was held on the morning of 15th September, 2018. The Inner Market is being relocated to make housing for athletes of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Sawing the fish after the auction so it's ready for the winning bidder to distribute fresh.
The Inner Market awaiting demolition.
The final tuna auction at Tsukiji was held on the morning of 15th September, 2018. The Inner Market is being relocated to make housing for athletes of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Tsukiji Fish Market (September 2018)
As midnight approaches, seventeen monks ring the 74-ton bell 108 times at Chion-in, marking New Year and cleansing us of our sins.
Hatsuhinode, sunrise on 1st January, is a special moment in the Land of the Rising Sun. On this bridge in Gion, the old-town area of Kyoto, the crowd applauded.
Japanese people say a prayer at a shrine at the start of the year.
As midnight approaches, seventeen monks ring the 74-ton bell 108 times at Chion-in, marking New Year and cleansing us of our sins.
Kyoto at New Year (2018/ 2019)
Sunday Again.
Koenji Hanami (March 2019)
Every year when the cherry blossom sakura blooms in Japan, crowds of people gather in parks for picnics and hanami parties.
On 15th April, 2019, an activist group called Extinction Rebellion began campaigning around London. In this picture one of the many protests passes Green Park.
Oxford Circus and a yacht (to symbolise rising sea levels) drew crowds and caused havoc. The local bus services stopped and passengers were instructed to transfer free to their destination via the Underground.
An officer of the law on duty while children took the lead of the demonstration.
On 15th April, 2019, an activist group called Extinction Rebellion began campaigning around London. In this picture one of the many protests passes Green Park.
Extinction Rebellion, London (14th April, 2019)
Climate change protesters took over the streets of London in April 2019. It seems ironic people in the UK are protesting when so much more pollution and waste occurs elsewhere.
Occupy London (2011)
From a Nokia Mobile Phone.
Pompeii (August, 2021)
In late 79AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a pyroclastic flow towards the city of Pompeii. The ruins reveal a large and jovial town, providing a sense of its lively residents, who decorated both themselves and their homes in opulent finery. However, although once buried beneath layers of ash, the streets of Pompeii are, today, far from deserted, as tourism in Italy regains momentum post-Covid.
Ends (Pigneto)
Ends (Pigneto)
'Untitled' (October 2023 - ongoing)
It was delightful to have three photos of Cimitero Verano included by the Centro di Formazione Fotografica Contemporanea for an exhibition on 15th October 2023 in Rome. Here is a link to a statement about the project, whose seed took form in 2014 with the 'One Summer Evening' essay and even earlier drawings.