Magnum Poster: Japan, 1998 Black and White my travels

my travels

Inspired by the resplendent colors of this extraordinary realm

and letters

including Fidel Castro's march on Havana and Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the US

Magnum Poster: Japan, 1998 Black and White my travelsOn a winding mountain road between Koya and Ryujin, a silver SUV rests precariously in a roadside ditch, its rear end wedged into a dense stand of trees. Taken in 1998 by Peter Marlow, this photograph from Japan illustrates a moment of unexpected pausean off kilter interruption in an otherwise serene forest landscape. The empty road curves gently ahead, flanked by stone and pine, evoking a subtle tension between control and surrender, movement and