japanese sunset

For the foreigner, a typical japanese sunset might be a red sun setting at the ocean with a Shinto Shrine in the forground. That can be one as well, but the one that most japanese see, or for that matter, the one which they can most relate to is probably the sun setting over a typical japanese urbanscape. Narrow streets cluttered with vending machines and telephone poles, ugly cables hanging overhead all contribute to characterizing this country.

this month's cover

This month's cover story for Electronic Business magazine (Reed Business Publications) features photographs I took of Mr. Toshio Nakajima, CEO of NEC Electronics. Like myself, Mr. Nakajima seemed excited about being on the cover of an American publication, as he was patient and quite cooperative with me trying to get the right look. Mr. Nakajima has been using for his corporate profile image, a portrait picture that was taken a while back when he lived in the states. He said that he never got pictures in Japan that he liked, so he uses this old photo which in my opinion was quite good. In the western world, people prefer dramatic lighting to sculpt a face, whereas the japanese market often uses flat lighting. I think he'll be quite happy with this cover image.