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One of my favorite photographers of all time, Sebastião Salgado had an exhibition this weekend at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography located in beautiful Ebisu. His exhibition consisted of over 100 works covering Africa including ones from his latest 10-year GENESIS project. His pieces all in black and white were powerful and looking at them one can’t help but feel they’re living in the moment it was taken. Salgado puts himself in unimaginable places and opens your eyes to parts of Africa never seen. Provocative and painful, this was certainly one exhibit that leaves you forever changed.  Click the gallery above to see pictures of Ebisu at night and the links below to learn more about Sebastião Salgado and his work.

Some of Salgado’s work: Photography

GENESIS: Amazonas

The exhibition: TMMP

A great documentary: Youtube

Photography as Activisim: Youtube

vimeo - Kazuki Tomokawa Pt 3

La Blogotheque has an incredible talent for capturing music. The crew started back in 2006 and under the guidance of Chryde and Vincent Moon they release some of the most inspiring videos to capture predominantly indie music. Their take away shows (Les Concerts a Emporter) place these artists in ordinary scenes such as bars, parks and even elevators, allowing anything to happen. Every week the team invites a new artist or band to Paris for this impromptu performance. This time La Blogotheque went to Japan where they captured Kazuki Tomokawa who’s unique singing along with Moon’s videography make these videos impossible to take your eyes away from. It’s dark, mysterious and frighteningly beautiful. Be sure to check out part one and two of the show as well, filmed at an ancient prostitution house in Osaka. Continue reading to see part 1 and 2 and for more Take Away Shows visit La Blogotheque’s vimeo page:  vimeo

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Physical sound waves take the place of trees being chopped down on the border between Finland and Russia; representing ancient trees that will never be heard from again.

For more info and pics check out Tviga’s site: soundstills

vimeo - Olafur Arnalds - Ljosio

A multi-instramentalist who is making progessive moves in the classical scene. The video above was part of his new album “Found Songs” in which he composed a new song every day for 7 days straight. Ólafur’s information and additional songs (including my fav: Fok) can be found on his myspace: olafurarnalds

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Some talented work by Eric Testroete from his latest vacation to Japan.