Japan 2007
I have felt absolutely awful at the images on the news lately – in fact I don’t think the news has affected me like this in a very long time. I feel as terrible as I did the first time (and every time, come to…
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Wishes for Japan
I took this photo in 2007, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto when I had the fortune to visit this incredible country filled with strong, compassionate, resourceful people. The tradition, as I understand it, is that people write their wishes down on pieces of…