I started off my day with a special yoga class in the beautiful settings of a garden of Kiyosumi-Tien. Feeling refreshed and anxious to roam the backstreets of the neighborhood, I headed off towards Monzen Nakacho Station. Stopping along the way to snap what ever hit my fancy.
I came across these kings as i wandered the back streets of Roppongi.
They held court for any who would trespass into their kingdom.
ALL HAIL THE FOUR KINGS of ROPPONGI ! ! !
Yesterday the skies darkened, and spring vanished . The rain came down continuously from the heavens. Never letting up. Never slowing down. As the thermometers plunged, I braced myself for a bit of a stroll in the rain.
Rainy, Wet and Cold.
A series of 3 new found abstractions, sourced from posters and signs.
Came across this lost key that the little drummer boy had found.
They were all taking it easy on a side street in Ichikawa.
If its yours please come by and claim it.
I have been fortunate to have another portfolio published by the trend setting publication Axe Libre in Paris, France. Please take a minute to browse their site and their portfolio section.
My portfolio can be viewed here. Go to the right hand side and click on the Jacob Schere Portfolio.
an introduction to the images is below.
On the walls of Japan I have for years come across political posters from the Communists, Socialists, Democrats, and Religious Parties. All of them taped, or neatly pasted to the walls of homes, in neighborhoods though out the country. I found myself starting at these posters. Looking, deeply into them, seeing the dots, blots that build the image. We need to deconstruct and turn these political persuasions, into socially conscious works of art.
Affiches politiques et signes au Japon…
Apposées furtivement au ruban adhésif, ou collés méthodiquement le long des murs des maisons, dans le voisinage comme à l’extérieur, les affiches politiques fleurissent depuis des années le long des murs Japonais.
Communistes, Socialistes, Démocrates ou autres parties religieux, depuis des années, je les observe, les scrute, me plonge profondément en elles jusqu’à n’y voire plus que des points, taches formant une nouvelle image. Je déconstruis pour transformer ces dogmes politiques, pour en faire un travail artistique, socialement conscients.
To view all the images in the Axe Libre portfolio please click here.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Used my Monoprint 02 for the cover art work for their project. The design was done by John Kramer and Robb Ogle. The music is very hiply sophisticated. Check out their website www.bmopsound.org
The Original Image, Monoprint 02, 2009
This little impromptu session after LaGuardia on the mic, and Brimstone on the 1’s and 2’s rocked the house in the Design district in Down Town Miami. Out into the rare dry cool night we stumbled into this homey that straight up preforming for us, stripping off his shirt and wanting to be captured in pixels.
It was one of those only in miami happenings.
Backstreets . . .
Alleyways . . .
Side Streets . . .
Is where I feel comfortable.
my trusty GRII in hand. Looking closely on my way.
Shapes, history, ebb and flow from my surroundings into my lens.
This little kitty paw shaped key was lonely.
Waiting passively for the owner to return.
Whose key is it? Will it ever be reunited with
its owner.
