Skateboarding in the 60s

 These photographs of people in New York City were taken by Bill Eppridge in the mid-60s.

"While the concept of the sport and makeshift models of the skateboard were introduced sometime in the 40s or 50s, it was in the mid-1960s that skateboarding truly flourished and Eppridge was there to catch it in all its glory for a lifestyle spread in LIFE Magazine.In his series titled Skateboarding in New York City, Eppridge exhibits the joy and excitement of zooming down a city street and playfully riding past pedestrians on a thin, wheeled board, as clearly evidenced through the skateboarders' beaming faces." (ModernMet)

Paused VHS

 

Andy Denzler takes art to the next level with his "Paused VHS" art series.

I don't know if all of my readers have even watched a VHS movie...

But for us oldies -- how amazing are these??

Brings back memories of pausing "The Little Mermaid" while getting a drink of milk.

Unbelievably well done.

How. Does. He. Do. It?

XOXO

Love is timeless.

Coming Soon...

明日のエントリーは成人式の写真！

<3 <3

La Belle et la Bête 3D

Everyone knows I'm obsessed with musicals and Disney movies.

And of that category, I absolutely adore Beauty and the Beast.

(see Everyone Be(ast) Jealous Blogpost)

So imagine the joy I felt when theaters in America decided to bring back Beauty and the Beast in 3D!

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私が大好きな美女と野獣がまた映画館に戻るらしいです！

去年のライオンキングと同じく、DISNEY の CLASSICSをまた映画館に上映するのです。

夏に美女と野獣のミュージカルを見に行ったのでもう完璧なタイミング！！

懐かしい。。。

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Release Date: 13 January 2012
Genre: Animation | Family | Fantasy
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Writer: Linda Woolverton, Roger Allers
Studio:

Plot:
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.

Elle and Dakota

Photography by Mario Sorrenti

When did they get so old?
Time flies so quickly, if you don't stop and look around in a while.. You might miss it.

Girl who wanted to grow up.

 Another photographer I came across merely by chance.  Wendy Liu is a 19year old photographer, and in my eyes a complete genius.  She captures a story in her old-fashioned photographs.

Everything seems to have age and wisdom behind it - I can't believe she's basically the same age as me.  Going off the theme of this week; here is a series of photographs about a girl who wanted to grow up.  (In my mind though, I feel like the series should be named "Girl who didn't want to grow up"

There's something super MAGICAL about these photos.

Time Flies

知らないうちに二十歳になってしまいました。

時間は本当に早く過ぎちゃうね。

I can't believe I'm already 20.

Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh hits theaters on July 15th, 2011.

Cast: Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, Tom Kenny, Travis Oates, Bud Luckey

I love everything about this film.  I adore that they kept the old-fashion feel with the illustrations, mixing it in with modern music.  I love Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know".  

This film brings back so many memories of my childhood -- I'm so excited to watch it finally!

Pooh-san is SO CUTE.

Nostalgia

Looking at all these "nostalgia" photos and movie trailers made me dig up some old photos of me and my brother.  He is two years older than me.  These are photos from the Japanese Holiday 七五三 (753) which Japanese children ages 7, 5, and 3 are celebrated. 

I was 3 and my brother was 5.

 

Of Blood and Bone

 I found this photographer out of chance - she's just a teenager!  I believe she was 18 or 19 when she took these photos.  Absolutely brilliant.  I don't know her real name, but in her site she goes as "nirrimi"  I'll have tons of her photos in upcoming blog posts.  Everything she does is just so real and legit.  It's not just "pretty" photography, there's so much depth and meaning behind each photo.

Harry Potter

今日やっと一番最後のハリーポッターの映画が上映されます！友達の誕生日をお祝いに行きます〜何年もまっていました。小さい時からいつも本を読んでたのでもうドキドキしてたまらない！全部終わっちゃうのは寂しいけど、まあ〜どんまい！