During the Meiji Restoration, the combination of photography, the Western-style printing press and the Japanese tradition of ukiyo-e created e-hagaki — colorful, beautiful picture postcards.
The website Old Tokyo displays a number of these postcards, including several of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel interior and exterior views (even a bird’s-eye view that gives a sense size […]
Another photo of Taliesin, taken in early July. This one is pretty straight, so it must have been taken by my wife.
A view from the terrace of Taliesin.
Entrance to the main building at Taliesin, July 2007.
I liked the Romeo and Juliet Windmill much more than I expected. I always thought: “Hey, it’s just a windmill”. But it is one of those buildings that sits quietly impressive on its site, looking exactly like it should look. Yeah, hard to explain, and possibly no one else would agree, but I like it.
This […]