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Here are some more photos from around Reykjavik. After shooting all day, I just wanted to see the parts of the city that weren’t “downtown,” so I just headed to the suburbs on the Southwest part of town trying to find the public pools. The reason being is that I’d heard that they have amazing hot tubs calibrated to different temperatures depending on your preference. All of this was true. Places of interest are: the cemetery, the town square, the public school, the public pool, the fishing shack, and the handball court. The day after I took a long roadtrip away from Reykjavik. Roadtrip photos coming soon.
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Tags: hot tubs, Hotel Saga, Iceland, James Ryang, June 2010, Photography, public pools, public schools, Reykjavik, suburbs, the sea
Reykjavik is kind of like a neighborhood in Brooklyn. You could walk the perimeter of downtown in a few hours. Laugavegur is the main strip where most of the shops, restaurants, and cafes are situated. By complete coincidence, I ended up arriving the night before Icelandic Independence Day or Þjóðhátíðardagurinn where the streets were jammed, and families were out to see the live music and take part in the street carnivals. Notable things here are the antique car show, the street fashion, the cat food, the birds, and the light. The light in Iceland is unlike anywhere I’d ever been.
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Tags: 17, 2010, birds, Boston, Caviar, Downtown, goths kids, Iceland, Icelandic Independence Day, James Ryang, June, Laugavegur, Light, Nike windbreakers, Pussi, Reykjavik, Seagulls, street fashion, vintage cars, Þjóðhátíðardagurinn
Upon arriving in Reykjavik, I didn’t really know what to expect other than what a few friends had told me from their previous visits. The plane landed at 12 midnight and the sun was still out, just above the horizon. After getting through customs, I boarded an airport shuttle bus to downtown Reykjavik. The bus driver was blasting Icelandic Black Metal. It was 2am. After checking into the hotel, the sun was fully out and there was no way I was gonna fall asleep so I took a walk and tried to get my bearings. Imagine, daylight for almost 24 hours…….everyday of the summer.
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Tags: 2010, airport, arrival, daylight, Hotel Saga, Iceland, James Ryang, JFK, June, Reykjavik, shuttle bus
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Tags: Antiques, Brimfield, exit, Flea Market, forest, James Ryang, Massachusetts, May 2010, Photography, sign, stream, Trees, woods
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.
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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
This weekend I went up to Cambridge to shoot some portraits at MIT, a mix of inventors, designers, and scientists who are trying to create a better future for our world. Some heavy-hitters. The next day my friend Ari Kardasis and I drove around looking for some quality food and happened upon the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. Check it out if you are ever in Boston and also take a look at Ari’s website, aThematics. It’s fun to see what he’s working on and thinking through.
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Tags: 2010, Arboretum, Ari Kardasis, Arnold Arboretum, athematics, Boston, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain, James Ryang, Massachusetts, May 1, MIT, Photography, Trees, woods
More creepiness from thrift stores between Palm Springs and LA. Stops along the way include Beaumont, Redlands, and Sun Valley.
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Tags: 2010, Antiques, Beaumont, California, James Ryang, Keren Richter, March, Old Ovens, Redlands, San Bernardino, Shopping, Shopping Cart, Thrift Stores
Leaving Palm Springs was tough cause I could have stayed at the Ace for another week, but on the way back to the airport through San Bernardino County we stopped along the way. We walked around the town of Beaumont, California and found some weirdness in the antique stores there which line 6th Street.
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Tags: 2010, Ace Hotel, Antiques, Beaumont, California, James Ryang, March, Palm Springs, San Bernardino County, Thrift Stores
