olivier Thereaux - Two Neurons and a Camera

(Existe aussi en francais)

Travelogue, street photography, a bit of poetry, and the simple pleasure of telling stories... A very large shoebox on the Web, filled with images and memories of places and people around the world. Europe where I grew up, Asia and Japan where I lived for many years – and left my heart in Tokyo –, and North America where life led me so often that I eventually settled there. For now…

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Gotokuji - Broom and Shadow

January 2009: Tokyo as a tourist

In January of 2009, under the pretense of vague administrative needs, I dropped by Tokyo, as a tourist this time: staying in a Ryokan, not cooking a single meal, and a week of re-discovering some of my favorite neighbourhoods under a different perspective.

(18 photos)


Snowy street, tire tracks and a parked truck

Cold Streets and the Kindness of Others

I know of the spring coming but it does not exist in this world stuck in winter, frozen by the gusts of wind. Like a November newborn, I only know the cold, the wool, the rosy cheeks and the craving for hot soups.

(12 photos)


Teenage lovers under an umbrella

Tokyo - Setagaya - Shimokitazawa 2006-2008

One year exactly after leaving Tokyo, what do my memories of that city I grew roots into look like?

(20 photos)


Cafe and Tapas bar “Filferro”

November 2008 : Barcelona

Wandering in Barcelona, from the beaches of Barceloneta to the Sagrada familia, via the alleys of the old city

(12 photos)


Urban Signs

September 2008 : Boston (Cambridge), USA

Sweet memories of a late-summer getaway to visit our “neighbours in the south”, in Boston and Cambridge, Massachussets.

(16 photos)


Last Update: 2009-04-09

Random serving

Argent, trop cher?

Dure vie que celle de salaryman L'argent ne fait pas le bonheur, certes, et ce n'est pas moi, éduqué par "Télephone" et incapable que je suis de faire la moindre économie, sans parler de plan (de carrière) à long terme, qui irais contredire l'adage. Pourtant, après presque trois ans passés au Japon, je dois avouer m'être, petit à petit, habitué…


green

Pas d'excuse

Nous sommes seuls, sans excuses. C'est ce que j'exprimerai en disant que l'homme est condamné à être libre. Condamné, parce qu'il ne s'est pas créé lui-même, et par ailleurs cependant libre, parce qu'une fois jeté dans le monde, il est responsable de tout ce qu'il fait.


Beckoning cats

11 August 2007: Gotokuji

Sea of cats at sunrise.

(6 photos)


shadows

11 March 2006: Shadows at the Gates of Spring

(2 photos)


city-memory

La Ville-Memoire

Ce que l'oubli et l'imagination ne font pas, la ville japonaise s'en chargera. La ville-mémoire, vivante, faillible et farceuse, détruit, remplace, se perd et se réinvente.


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