Samantha Culp

Photos from Short Stays: the Making Of

Click below to play a slideshow of the Short Stays film stills and making of…

Link to set on Flickr.

Shimotakaido

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(Daido Moriyama, “How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido“, 1987)

Before I headed to Tokyo, I did a Google search for “Shimotakaido,” the neighborhood where my friend Patrick Tsai lives and where he was graciously allowing me to crash. One of the first results was this awesome 1987 photo-series by renowned Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama – fitting, as Patrick is also a photographer and a big Moriyama fan.

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Words of Caution for All Us Dilettantes

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“No Dabbling.”

[Sign on decorative waterfall/pond, PVG Airport, Shanghai]

Bangkok Days (From the Snow to the Sweat)

When I lived in Hong Kong, the flight to Don Muang (and then Suvarnabhumi) was a frequent and familiar one… but since moving up north, far less easy to wrangle. Luckily I got to head back for a bit recently. I didn’t realize how much I had missed it.

Beijing was still covered in snow when I left, and grey when I returned. Just like “The Wizard of Oz,” BKK remains the Technicolor in the middle.

Full photo set here.

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Happy New Year 2008

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Stanley Wong’s Lan Wei Lou

(Tomorrow Unlimited, Aug 2007)
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Happy New Year 2007

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Happy New Year 2006

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Kodachrome Cowgirl

(The Cowboy Issue, Limited edition journal, 2005)

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