Sunday, June 28, 2009

Why white and black?

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White and black (as the Japanese say it),
or black and white to English speakers, has its uses.

Dazai Osamu (1909-1948), a Japanese writer who wrote several rather depressing works, had several attempts to end his life, is suddenly popular among Japanese young people.

I was crossing a bridge close to the place where he finally drowned himself recently and saw a young man who made me think of Dazai. For a moment, I thought Dazai had emerged from the canal and come back to life. But no.
I manged to get a photograph of him.


In color, it's nothing much.

But in black and white, the impact is greater, the spikiness emphasized, distracting areas of color removed. Perhaps, in black and white, it really could have been Dazai...

Kichijoji, 090531, Canon 5D MkII, 70-200mm, f4, 1/200
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