With some trepidation, I'm attempting my first post here. It's a candid shot taken in Harajuku, Tokyo. Apologies in advance if I get the html wrong:

Hope it worked...

-- Stuart Beraha (sberaha@yahoo.com), March 18, 2001

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Looks great Stuart. I lived in Japan for 2 years about 10 years ago, teaching "English conversation." Up in the mountains, Matsumoto. It was the experience of a lifetime. Harajuku is the approved Tokyo area where the kids go to strut their studded-mohawk stuff... The Japanese are some of the best dressers on the planet, their homegrown fashion scene and photo scene always knocks me out..

This shot looks like a modern ad page- really nice greys, just the right amount of movement... the reflection thing happening. And the kid is typical- jeans, a sweater, a scarf- and he looks like a million bucks, a cool million at that-

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), March 19, 2001.

Thanks, Chris. I'm living in Tokyo now, down the street from the location of this picture, and I've found it a great place for this sort of photography. The funny thing about Harajuku is the gothic kids who dress up in order to be photographed, and the number of photographers walking around. The guy in this photo reminds me of Bob Dylan for some reason.

-- Stuart Beraha (sberaha@yahoo.com), March 19, 2001.