On Saturday, Restless People and Delorean played at Glasslands in Brooklyn. It was an amazing show. Here are some photos.
Images James Ryang 2010
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Tags: bands, Brooklyn, Delorean, Glasslands, James Ryang, June 2010, Music, New York, Photography, Restless People
Anyone set on going to Brimfield in July? Knowing that friends like Kenyan Lewis and Hitoshi from Jantiques in Tokyo regularly attend for the duration of the week makes me think that it’s worth going again. Having Kenyan as a guide at Brimfield makes it a lot easier to put the whole thing into perspective. He has the whole place mapped out in his head and keen eyes for rare unique objects. One thing that is calling me back is that the camera guy is coming back for the July shows. This guy’s got everything. Rare lenses, bodies, filters, lighting kits, Polaroids, etc. Notable items in this set of photographs here are: the fox head-piece, the wooden ghost, the bust form, the full skeleton minus lower jaw, Kenyan in action, the flood light, the Arabic stop sign, and the R L calling out to the Ralph Lauren prop people, and that 8×10 camera which was only $225 although I was told that it did not have a home in my apartment. Anyway, I hope someone got it.
Tags: 2010. Keren Richter, 8x10 camera, Auburn, Boston, Brimfield, bykenyan, Camera, cameras, fox head-piece, Hitoshi, Jantiques, July shows, Kenyan Lewis, Massachusetts, May, Nakameguro, props, R L, Ralph Lauren, skeleton, skull, Tokyo, wooden ghost
Tags: Avis Rent-A-Car, cacti, cactus, James Ryang, Joshua Tree National Park, Jumbo Rocks, Keren Richter, March 2010
Joshua Tree National Park has always been one of my favorite places in the world to make photographs. It’s only a three hour drive from where I grew up and the light is always amazing there. In college, most of my final year work was made there. The landscape is like another planet. Driving south through the park from the 29 Palms Entrance is my usual way on starting, but this time we drove in at the Northwest entrance, zig-zagging southeast through the terrain.
Tags: 29 Palms, assignment, birthday present, colors, James Ryang, Joshua Tree, Keren Richter, Landscape, March 2010, National Park, plant life, Roadtrip, rocks, terrain, Twentynine Palms, work
These are images from last week’s road trip in and around Palm Springs and Yucca Valley, California through the desert. Notable spots along the route here are the Coachella Valley Preserve, the Integratron, CA-247, and the 29 Palms Highway. I didn’t think a Chevy Cobalt rental would hold up to my constant pulling over but it did. After I get back from Seoul and Tokyo, I’ll post some more selects.
Tags: 2010, 29 Palms Highway, Ace Hotel, Americana, CA-247, California, cars, Coachella Valley Preserve, desert, gas stations, Integratron, Joshua Tree, Keren Richter, Landscapes, mailboxes, March, Mojave Desert, oranges, Palm Springs, Photography, Portraits, Roadtrip, San Bernardino County, signage, Signs, trailers, Yucca Valley
Going 186 mph between Osaka and Tokyo on a train is amazing. I want to do it again. Soon. These stats will blow minds.
From Wikipedia:
“Starting with the 210 km/h (130 mph) Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the now 2,459 km (1,528 mi) long network has expanded to link most major cities on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū at speeds up to 300 km/h (186 mph). Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 581 km/h (361 mph) for maglev trainsets in 2003.
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world’s busiest high-speed rail line. Carrying 151 million passengers a year, it has transported more passengers (over 6 billion) than any other high speed line in the world. Between Tokyo and Osaka, the two largest metropolises in Japan, up to ten trains per hour with 16 cars each (1,300 seats capacity) run in each direction with a minimum of 3 minutes between trains.”
“決別” courtesy of Boris and Sony Music Entertainment
Tags: 2010, boris, bullet train, James Ryang, Japan, Osaka, Shinkansen, speed, tokaido shinkansen, Tokyo, Video, wikipedia
Most of these were taken around Tamasukuri in Chūō-ku near Osaka Castle. The castle has been converted into a museum about the political history of Osaka. In 1665, it was struck by lightning and burned down and in 1868, much of the castle was burned down again during the Meiji Restoration. Tamatsukuri Station is bordered by a huge municipal park and sports facilities, including soccer fields, baseball fields, and a judo and kendo dojo. Here I got to shoot some kids flipping each other. This was my grandmother’s neighborhood close to where my dad grew up. There are bikes everywhere.
Tags: 2010, AM-PM, bicycles, business hotel, Cats, Chuo-ku, crow, dojo, James Ryang, JR station, judo, magazines, Meiji Restoration, Osaka, Osaka Castle, park, Station, Tamatsukuri
Seogwipo is a city on the southern coast of Jeju Island. It is a bizarre place. The majority of visitors go there for the duty-free shopping and natural wonderment. There is a chocolate museum called Chocolate Land, adorned with Asian Santas and Greek sculpture. There are also naturally-occurring waterfalls, volcanic valleys, and an arched bridge which is completely bananas. There is also a music museum with a floating faucet head in front. Seogwipo is also the site of one of the 2002 World Cup stadiums which is used for film screenings and national soccer matches. This place is nuts.
Tags: 2002, 2010, Bridge, bus station, Cheju, chocolate land, coconuts, floating faucet, greek sculpture, Island, James Ryang, Jeju, Korea, Landscape, Photography, Robert Ryang, rocks, santa clause, seogwipo, soccer, stadium, volcanic land, waterfalls, world cup
The next day, we took the long journey back across the island. With the assistance and hospitality of the local caretakers, we successfully located the tomb site.
Tags: 2010, barbershop, brush, Cheju, farms, Food, Harabagi, Hong-Son Ryang, Island, James Ryang, Jeju, Korea, korean breakfast, Landscape, lemons, mounds, Myung Kim Ryang, Photography, pogs, Robert Ryang, televisions, tomb, volcanic land
Yesterday was awesome; actually, this whole week has been amazing. First, Alexis and Derek of Sleigh Bells came by my studio for a shoot for Nylon. They were rad and had good music which always get things moving. Can’t wait until their record comes out. Some polaroids below.
Then, my good friend Louis Abelman came over to have dinner and we did some portraits. He works at The New York Times and is a documentary filmmaker. We had fried chicken again. This is going to be on the jacket of his first novel. Anyway, the images came out nice and were Interview Magazine / Irving Penn inspired.
All images copyright James Ryang 2009
Tags: Irving Penn, James Ryang, Louis Abelman, Nylon Magazine, Polaroid, Sleigh Bells, Studio