A fantastic new video appeared on MTV yesterday. The group is Peter Bjorn and John (Yes they are from Sweden) and the song is Nothing to Worry About. What is brilliant is that the video follows a day in the life of a Tokyo Rockabilly.
These guys can usually be found on Sunday afternoons beside Yoyogi Park, just around the corner from the teenagers dressed in cos-play costumes. Just as in the video, they are jiving, line dancing, combing their hair and hanging out.
On Friday, I am going to give a little talk at my exhibition about taking photographs. One of the things I will mention is communication. By speaking a little of the local language, you can start conversations with interesting people.
When I saw the Rockabillies, rather than just snapping a shot from a distance, I went over and had a chat with some of the guys. I was able to get them to pose for some shots, and then found out which of them was the owner of the American classic car parked close by. The sun was low in the sky, going into the “golden hour”, and I was able to get a few photographs some of which are now personal favorites.
Tokyo Rockabilly
Tokyo Rockabilly
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This blog just keeps getting better!
Remeber the Rockabilly day well Chris, that was a busy day, sanja matsuri in the morning and then all that in the afternoon. I remebere they said they were going to Okinawa did you meet up again and shoot them there?
I agree this blog just keeps getting better!
Damon
My typing of the word remember was bad wasn`t it?
Hi Damon,
I remebere the day too! I met up with them at Naha Airport a couple of weeks later and gave them some small prints of the photographs that I had taken.
Damon & Nick,
Really happy you are enjoying the blog!
Chris