Seamus Murphy

Photographer Seamus Murphy (born 1959) grew up in Ireland and lives in London.



Providence 

 
East of the Sun


Gods Country

Shambhaia 




Maximum City 



Feather weight



Syria

Originally discovered Murphy's work here

The Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2011

All images from The Atlantic: The Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2011 'Starting last Friday and continuing through Wednesday, some 3 million Muslims from around the globe are participating in several rituals'
 

Gyaru sneaky snaps in Shinjuku

Ah I am updating again, I feel like really can keep posting! I spent the afternoon in Harajuku today, so I'm already worn out and not in the mind to write haha. I ended up getting out of the house too late so it was already crowded when I got there. I felt so claustrophobic so I didn't browse as much as I wish I could've.

Well I still got a month to browse around any parts of Tokyo haha! So hopefully I make use of my remaining time :/

Another place I have been seeing more of recently is Shinjuku. It's a nice city and it has a lot to do as I mentioned earlier. I still have difficulties with it in the night or weekends, but there's no way you can be bored in Shinjuku.

Lumine EST, great gyaru mall in Shinjuku

If you are running out of things to do there, why not stop and people watch? Shinjuku, like most places in Tokyo, is great for people watching, or what I like to do - scoping out the competition er, I mean gyarus' amazing coordinates. All types of styles to be seen here. And it makes me feel my outfits suck XD

Random shot of Shinjuku just to get you excited about Shinjuku XD still need to viti that Donki

The following are some snaps I grabbed sneakily, these girl's styles really stood out to me last year because they had a rock flare. I haven't been doing any sneaky shots this trip, but I am just overwhelmed by how great gyaru look now maybe XD

This girl was so cute! Her friend at the checkout was wearing sweet style and she is showing off a great backpack! I am seeing all sorts of leather type fashion backpacks recently. I need to invest in one!

Of course I'm going to snap this tutuHA fan girl, she was beautiful and great adult rock style. Not to mention we have the same border vest, eh eh! Perhaps the staff even gave her the tan shopping bag on purpose because it looks so good on her haha.

This is just some legs (which stood out for being so thin, even most Japanese women do not have such legs btw) but also her low heels stood out to me. They aren't the cutest shoes, but they look better in a coordinate than crocs haha, and I like her decoration on her bag.

Oops I ended up writing alot about not much haha! Well it's din din time for me, then time to organize the accessories I bought today, yah cheap junk for Sara Mari!

While waiting in Harajuku part 2

I have to say I have very little motivation to write a post, maybe it's because it's nearly 2 years since I started this blog and am running out of topics. Or perhaps its because I'm paring off some of the types of posts I write, with no idea for filling that place. Is anyone interested in street photos of Harajuku? I'm not sure!

Thank you to everyone that has given me their suggestions on what they want to know more about in Japan. There are so many great topics, I'm going to start working on collecting info from next week. It will be great to have a reason to go out and about XD haha!

I feel a bit terrible to leave everyone with a pic spam after not posting anything of depth in awhile. I have a lot of thoughts in my mind and I'm worried if I start letting them out I will end up with a big essay haha. Even online I'm not the type of person who shoots my mouth off alot.

Ok, So I stop talking, here are photos!








The W*C maxi dress that came out last year, I was spotting their items all the time then haha




This pic has gotten around on tumblr already, but I still love it.


Gackt truck wagh! This girl was really excited that I seemed to be taking her photo though...Sorry!


This seems rather good timing to me, since I was just in Harajuku yesterday for a meeting. It was really sweet to see many people in lolita, punk, street fashion etc waiting for LaForet to open! I want to be passionate about something like that!

And I got chased down into the subway by a scout. I guess if he bothered to chase me so far I should have at least listened to him! haha! But I go back to the US in 5 weeks, so I can't start a model career here anyway^^

While waiting in Harajuku part 1

Hi everyone, sorry my posts continue to be every other day haha, but perhaps that's often enough, but it still feels weird you know! ^^/ I had an evening meeting with a friend yesterday, and after I get home and have dinner at 9:00 pm DX I just feel like sleeping haha.

Now I want to share some fun photos I took literaly a year ago while I was waiting to meet Hana in Haarajuku. Its a great place to people watch, though the exciting cosplayers and lolita are rare (not as forgien media make it out to be) the regular fashion is what catches my eye!



Oh these girls' outfits were super trendy last year!

Though some of these trends have gone out, you can still spot somethings that continue to this year. And the photos can be inspiring! Overall I really like the variety of styles you can see in Harajuku, and there are some nice out of the way spots to snap photos.



Can can hats and demin shirts, I like the girl on the far right!

I tried to snap some shots at Shibuya last night but I just ended up feeling awkward and touristy so I gave up haha! I hope you will enjoy the rest of these photos, I really do!



A wide variety of people and styles pass through Harajuku




Perhaps these guys called each other this morning XD


Aren't these type of shoes so trendy now, this girl was ahead of the curve!


You can still see some punk and rock styles too!


Currently I have so much free time, and hardly any plans, I'm not the type who likes to go outside without a reason so I will just try to catch up on editing photos and replying to messages (sorry to anyone who's been waiting on my reply for awhile TT). Please look forward to part 2 of this set and the FHF!