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on the planet

Every year, my work begins with the same assignment. I am grateful to be asked back year after year, though I am...
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on the planet

The NOKTON 40mm f1.2, which arrived yesterday, is a manual focus lens. Back in the days of film cameras, I used...
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on the planet

Standing by the south window, I caught a sweet scent, like burnt sugar. My son was asking my wife to teach him how to...
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on the planet

I spend the New Year holidays at my wife’s family home almost every year. This land, cradled by the sea and...
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on the planet

My son told me about a man named "Sukeshichiro Okuda" and a ship called the "Rosetta Maru." Intrigued, I looked into...
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on the planet

Having practiced photography for a long time, an image often forms in my mind before I even press the shutter. When I...
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on the planet

There is a place where my family and I often go for brunch on weekends. This time, I went there on a weekday at the...
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on the planet

On a weekend morning, having slept in, I sat before pancakes and tea and listened to my son talk about things he’d...