Category: Film Photography

mikoshishrine

Day 57- Mikoshi

A Mikoshi is an elaborate vehicle in which the spirits of gods’ are transported to a temporary shrine during a festival. On Mishima again, I stumbled into a ceremony- snapping this photo just as a group of robed volunteers hoisted the Mikoshi above their heads. I only had my Lomo camera on me at the […]

shintoshrinedragon

Day 48- Dragons

Dragons are common in Buddhist folklore and you will often find statues strewn around temples. I saw this one in Hagi and thought it would make a striking image. I took this with my analogue lomo camera in black and white. I thought the unpredictability of analogue film would add to the atmosphere of the […]