Two weekends ago, I, with 3 photo buddies, had an early morning photowalk again. This time in Kabukicho at around 5:30 in the morning. Kabukichō is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Kabukichō is the location of many hostess bars, host bars, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called [...]
Categories: Feature, Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: black-and-white, Feature, Japan, kabukicho, kalandrakas, Photowalk, red-light district, shinjuku, tokyo
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- July 27, 2009 – 5:49 am
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- By jesslee
This is what most people don’t know about Japan. Homelessness was largely unknown in Japan until the economic bubble burst in the early 1990s and unemployment began to rise. – BBC
Categories: Feature, Japan
Tagged: Feature, homeless, Japan, photojournalism, social problem, tokyo
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- July 15, 2009 – 10:41 am
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- By jesslee
Enoshima is a small island that sits at the mouth of the Katase River, and is just south of Fujisawa City. This island is the center of Shonan, a resort area along the coast of Sagami Bay known for its scenic beauty. From the island, you can see a very nice view of Mt. Fuji. [...]
Categories: Feature, Japan, Travel
Tagged: enoshima, Feature, fujisawa, Japan, Travel
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- June 2, 2009 – 2:14 am
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- By jesslee
Look what I found in my mailbox today! I just got the contributor copy of the Gym Class Magazine Issue 02 which has a 4-page feature of my Harajuku photographs. I also received the “Chosen Last” pin, and Gym Class stickers. Very cool. If you want to read the full feature, click here. **** Aside [...]
Categories: Feature
Tagged: Feature, gymclass, harajuku, jessleecuizon, kalandrakas, magazine
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- March 24, 2009 – 10:20 pm
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- By jesslee
[begin] After almost a week of trying to resolve the domain transfer from Yahoo! Small Business to JustHost, now my ever personal website, JessleeCuizon.com, is ONLINE at last! *phew* The homepage is still under construction. I still have to finalize everything– the content, design, layout, etc. Keep posted for updates here in my blog page. [...]
Categories: Feature
Tagged: Feature, flickr, gymclass, harajuku, jessleecuizon, kalandrakas, magazine, Photography
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- March 15, 2009 – 11:20 am
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- By jesslee