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October 2021 Newsletter — Happy Halloween! Just like the past years’ hallow eves, this year’s the same: just at home, keeping ourselves cozy and fuzzy and warm. It’s finally autumn, my favorite season, and that simply makes me glad. Health is what’s been scary lately, as I was confined in the hospital (thankfully for…

Your b&w images in a photobook printed in Japan — In the past year, I have collaborated with various photographers and came up with two モノマニアLOVE photobooks, In a Pandemic and In Double Exposures. Aside from my personal titles, I aim to continuously curate and publish more collective series, which is why I am happy to share that — I’m…

August 2021 Newsletter — I've been remotely working at home since the first week of June. I would probably enjoy it completely if it weren't essential to my current health condition. I've been feeling a lot better, though, so there is no need to worry about me. 🤍 I’ve only been going outside when…

An ERIN CROSS Publication, August 2021 — Exactly last year, August 20th, I felt the urge to do a random callout about doing a black & white film swap project. Surprisingly, even with my small heap of followers, many showed interested and it quickly escalated to a group endeavor. Thirty-three, including yours truly, have exchanged — not…

To my ever-dearest subscribers, I miss you all. You see, for the whole month of June, I have been quiet online. And while I would like to keep things private until I’m ready, I have decided to write my 3rd newsletter, albeit shorter than usual, as a way of saying: …

To my ever-dearest subscribers, I can’t believe that 80 🙀 of you have agreed to receive monthly updates from me. I can only say: thank you very much! In my first issue, I shared about the first year-long film photography project that I organized, my photography plans for 2021, and…

To my ever-dearest subscribers, Good Saturday afternoon from rainy Tokyo! It’s been a long while since I slept-ate-napped on a weekend, and now I’m all set with my coffee and background beats as I compose my first newsletter. So first things first: thank you very much for subscribing. To be…

Did it make me? Or break me? — One ordinary night five years ago, I was bombarded by a number of notifications on Facebook. Friends were congratulating me on being one of the lucky participants of the Angkor Photo Workshops. I didn’t believe it at first until I opened my email and read the message which literally sent…