Beyond The Frame
Takashi YasuiNotes on life, observation, and photography beyond the frame, from Japan.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 38 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Bookmaking in Japan
When I started this newsletter, it struck me as something between the internet and print. When I finish a post, I feel as if I have written a chapter of a printed book.
I have made one printed book. In July 2023, I self-published my first...
Shipping a photo book overseas
This week's Midweek Notes is on reopening US shipping, and why offset still wins for the next book.
There’s been progress on shipping my photo book to the US, so this week I’m including some information for paid subscribers.
Recognizing what I had been seeing
This week's Midweek Notes is on how photographic series emerge after the fact, and twenty of them found in my library.
Japan’s Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms have a short season. Even if you catch both the full bloom and the blossoms fallin...
Visual Notes 006
Japan has a rainy season called tsuyu.
A long stretch of light rain that keeps falling. The beginning of this season is announced on the news: “Tsuyu has begun.”
But in recent years, the start of tsuyu has become less clear. Instead of st...
On being satisfied with where I am
This week’s Midweek Notes is on a phrase from a persimmon-maker, and the evaluation game.
I once visited a small company that makes dried persimmons. I spoke with an elderly woman who was working there. She told me she had been doing this...
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