This site was inspired by The Boston Globe's "Big Picture" feature.
It's meant to be looked at on a bigger monitor and yes, the images may be too big for laptops. Such is life.

This time last night, Brian and I were out shooting this

Kabukicho from Jim O’Connell on Vimeo.

Uchujin from Jim O’Connell on Vimeo.

Bridesmaids’ hands work to fasten the many buttons on the dress of bride-to-be Yume-san.

In the evenings in Shinjuku, young people use the large windows of the buildings as mirrors to practice their dance steps.

Stepped out this evening and saw a zeppelin gliding quietly directly overhead.
I love that they have zeppelins here; It makes me feel as though I am living in an alternate future, where the Hindenburg never burned and technology took a different path.

Out

Came across this man, blissfully passed out on the street in Kabukicho a few years ago. I would have loved to have shown his face, which had the most peaceful expression imaginable, but chose instead to respect his privacy.

belgian girl

This Summer, I met a pair of Belgian girls visiting Tokyo. This is one of them, taken in a little bar in Goldengai.

Simon and Leica

These are my cats.  I don’t live with them any more, but I go to see them almost every weekend.

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Tokyo International Forum, Yurakucho, Tokyo.

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Taian is the luckiest day of the Buddhist week.