Stephen Crawford

A cyclist makes his way across a busy intersection in Tenjin Japan.

Walking past the Louis Vuitton store on my way home and noticed these two dogs waiting patiently for their owner.

The white dots on the right of the photograph are the reflections of lights from a Christmas tree.
‘Tis the season for confusion as some shops still have Halloween decorations mixed in with Christmas holly and banks have their New Year’s ornaments made from bamboo, pine, and plum trees at the entrance.
A large department store plays traditional Christmas songs, Mariah Carey, George Michael, and John Lennon over and over giving Eamon’s uncensored version of F**k It, a break until Boxing Day.

*Web site: An extension of the street gallery with the original name of Volume 2 has been added.

New colour photographs, one at the start of the Bicycles gallery and one near the end of Urban Postcards.
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Sidewalk Saviour: Tenjin Japan

Still Life: Man With Phone. Photographed in the Acros Building, Tenjin.
Summers here, it’s 34c and rising. Not a lot of people on the streets, most are in the underground shopping arcade, a network of tunnels with over 100 shops or killing time in air conditioned comfort.

Three kittens play in a steel storage yard. Their mother an American Shorthair,  was dumped near the waterfront and adopted by homeless people.