{"id":1343,"date":"2009-10-26T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T14:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-10-26\/1343"},"modified":"2009-10-26T23:12:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T14:12:09","slug":"kyoto-jidai-matsuri-photos-by-stephane-barbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-10-26\/1343","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto <i>Jidai Matsuri<\/i> Photos by St\u00e9phane Barbery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1343'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  div.a1343  { margin: 0 auto; width:702px; position:relative  }\n  div.a1343 img { border-color: #333 }\n  div.b1343  { margin: 0 auto; width:702px; text-align: center; position:relative }\n  span.c1343 { float:right; font-size: 85%; color:#888; position:absolute; top:0; right:0 }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class='a1343'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/4034583882\/in\/set-72157622638483542\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2679\/4034583882_7ae95492b4_b.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nid=\"i7ae95492b4_b\"\nstyle=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='c1343'>&copy;St\u00e9phane Barbery All rights reserved.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='caption'>De souci en souci<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='subtle'> ( I'm somewhat concerned that <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> no idea what this means )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style='margin-top:30px'>In last month's post &#8220;<a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2009-09-22\/1318\" class='quiet'>Delighting in <span class='nobr'>a\nChasm<\/span> Between Artistic Senses<\/a>&#8221;, <span class='nobr'>I introduced<\/span> Kyoto friend\nSt\u00e9phane Barbery as an artistic guy with an artistic sense quite far from\nmy own. <span class='nobr'>The other<\/span> day when <a href=\"\/blog\/2009-10-22\/1339\"\nclass='quiet'><span class='nobr'>Lightroom 3<\/span> beta<\/a> was announced, <span class='nobr'>I sent him<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a note<\/span> about\nit, and that evening he replied with <span class='nobr'>a note<\/span> about how much he <i>loves<\/i>\nthe results from the new rendering engine, and as evidence supplied his <a\nclass='quiet'\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/sets\/72157622638483542\/\">photo\nset from Kyoto's Jidai Matsuri<\/a>, which he had finished <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> hours\nearlier.<\/p>\n\n<p>With his kind permission, <span class='nobr'>I'm showing<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> of his photos from that set.\nI've retained his original French captions.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jidai_Matsuri\"\nclass='quiet'>Jidai Matsuri<\/a> (lit. <i>Festival of Eras<\/i>) celebrates\nKyoto's more-than-1200-year history, with <span class='nobr'>a long<\/span> parade of groups in many\ndifferent periods' period costumes. <span class='nobr'>One great<\/span> feature (for me) is that it\nruns right by my house, but <span class='nobr'>a lamentable<\/span> feature is that it runs right by my\nhouse.... in the city... with traffic lights and cars and utility wires and\nbuildings and such. <span class='nobr'>For the most<\/span> part, photography is just not worth it.\n(The also-famous Aoi Matsuri runs right by my house, too, but the only\npictures I've taken or posted of either are <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-05-18\/195\" class='quiet'>from inside the\nimperial-palace park<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, these photos from St\u00e9phane's have been highly processed in\n<i>Adobe <span class='nobr'>Lightroom 3<\/span> beta<\/i>, with stunning results, hiding the modern\nbackdrop as if St\u00e9phane had just returned from <span class='nobr'>a trip<\/span> back in time. <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> have never thought to do this, and if <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> thought of it, would have never\nthought that <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> pull it off.<\/p>\n\n<div class='a1343' style='margin-top:30px'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/4033827081\/in\/set-72157622638483542\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2763\/4033827081_fe1ee05c83_b.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nid=\"ife1ee05c83_b\"\nstyle=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='c1343'>&copy;St\u00e9phane Barbery All rights reserved.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='caption'>De sourcil en sourcil<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='subtle'> ( <span class='nobr'>I wonder<\/span> whether these French subtitles will raise any eyebrows? )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='a1343' style='margin-top:40px'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/4034591950\/in\/set-72157622638483542\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2515\/4034591950_8c4da57937_b.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nid=\"i8c4da57937_b\"\nstyle=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='c1343'>&copy;St\u00e9phane Barbery All rights reserved.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class='b1343' style='margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:20px'>\n  <span class='caption'>De chausse en chausse<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='subtle'> ( This caption seems more fitting than the others )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='a1343' style='margin-top:40px'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/4033834231\/in\/set-72157622638483542\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2684\/4033834231_8464fca876_b.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nid=\"i8464fca876_b\"\nstyle=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='c1343'>&copy;St\u00e9phane Barbery All rights reserved.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class='b1343' style='margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:20px'>\n  <span class='caption'>Je me pr\u00e9sente, je m'appelle Henri<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='subtle'> ( &#8220;My name is Bob&#8221; )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class='a1343' style='margin-top:40px'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/4033829273\/in\/set-72157622638483542\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2612\/4033829273_38bd0c3a66_b.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nid=\"i38bd0c3a66_b\"\nstyle=\"margin-bottom:0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='b1343'>\n  <span class='c1343'>&copy;St\u00e9phane Barbery All rights reserved.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class='b1343' style='margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:20px'>\n  <span class='caption'>De gueule en gueule<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style='margin-top:30px'>Some of the others in <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/barbery\/sets\/72157622638483542\/\"\nclass='quiet'>the set<\/a> are indeed <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> too dark for my tastes, but he's\ngot <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of gems in there (though Flickr doesn't make browsing photos very\neasy).<\/p>\n\n<p>As I mentioned before, he's got <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> photo book, &#8220;<a class='quiet' href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Un-Ky%C3%B4to-Photographies-St%C3%A9phane-Barbery\/dp\/2070127435\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1255933694&amp;sr=8-1\"><span class='nobr'>A Year<\/span> In Kyoto<\/a>&#8221; (<i>Un an \u00e0 Ky\u00f4to<\/i>) coming out this month.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his kind permission, I'm showing a few of his photos from that set. I've retained his original French captions.<\/p> <p>The Jidai Matsuri (lit. Festival of Eras) celebrates Kyoto's more-than-1200-year history, with a long parade of groups in many different periods' period costumes. One great feature (for me) is that it runs right by my house, but a lamentable feature is that it runs right by my house.... in the city... with traffic lights and cars and utility wires and buildings and such. For the most part, photography is just not worth it. 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