Will 🇯🇵

wilpercy@beige.party

Born in Britain. Resident (1990~) of Japan where I teach English.Photography, especially monochrome has been my passion for over forty years.Joined Mastodon on November 6, 2022.Avatar: Floodlit grinning me. Banner: ISS clothes line.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Japan</a>

Posts

Post #4287935
I enjoyed this 5 minute film of Sayuri Ichida talking about her photographic work and printing technique using washi paper. Gorgeous snowy landscapes and striking images of her sister. https://youtu.be/3TxwR0F4pbE?si=npEgcpXgUN5M7A20 #WomenPhotographers #Print #Design #Japan
Post #4287934
Rice paddy pic No. 96. #Nature #Photography #Monochrome #Japan
Post #4165420
@TwoClownsEating@beige.party #3Goodthings
Post #4055385
@TwoClownsEating@beige.party thought you’d be interested. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/23/sheffield-designers-republic-aphex-twin-pulp-pringles-ian-anderson?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #Design
Post #4051985
A chilling commentary on the state of the States. It bewilders how easily the bodies charged with defending the country have buckled and meekly accepted, helped even, the current sociopathic administration. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/22/stephen-miller-marco-rubio-trump-speeches?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #USPol
Post #4037662
Rice paddy pic No. 89. Beige spider. #Nature #Photography #Japan
Post #3809275
Rice paddy pic No. 78. Taken last Thursday when I thought the end of the rainy season was imminent and the farmer had decided to drain the paddies. #Nature #Photography #Japan
Post #3770490
#SilentSunday #Photography #Japan
Post #3449659
#SilentSunday #Nature #Photography #Japan April 2016.
Post #3404031
#Nature #Flowers #Photography #Japan
Post #2496083
Spotted in our local park last week. #Nature #Photography #Japan
Post #2467514
#SilentSunday #Photography #Japan
Post #2135677
Today’s rice paddy pic. #Nature #Photography #Japan
Post #2124060
‘The 10,000-year clock will mark time with astronomic and calendric displays and a chime generator designed with the help of Brian Eno that can produce over 3.5 million unique bell chime sequences — one for every day the clock is visited for the next 10,000 years.’ The 10,000 year clock is a mechanism built inside a mountain in Texas. Its existence helps us question. Can it have a similar effect on our thinking that the Apollo photographs of Earth had for concern for the environment? Are we be...
Post #2047069
#MonochromeMonday #Photography #Trees #Japan
Post #2018799
#SilentSunday #Nature #Photography #Japan
Post #1958144
#Photography #Nature #Japan
Post #1943674
Rice paddy pics. #Nature #Zen #Photography #Japan
Post #1825725
Five minutes of Helen Mirren speaking eloquently about art which moves her and quoting Francis Bacon, ‘learning the good accident.’ https://youtu.be/0_YDrJoUe8s #Art
Post #1825724
#GoodNews Four months on but news to me. ‘Although women’s lives are so limited by society, Lolly observes, they “know they are dynamite … know in their hearts how dangerous, how incalculable, how extraordinary they are”.’ #WomensHistory https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/12/dorset-unveils-sylvia-townsend-warner-statue?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Post #1808981
Went out with the family to a grill restaurant this evening and glanced up at one point to encounter this alarming vista. Wouldn’t want to work here! #Photography #Japan
Post #1566465
15-20 swallows gathered over our classroom this morning. A display redolent of uninhibited joy. #Birds #Photography #Japan
Post #1116440
‘CBP said the new changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (Esta) application were required in order to comply with an executive order issued by Donald Trump on the first day of his new term. In it, the US president called for restrictions to ensure visitors to the US “do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles”.’ Bearing hostile attitudes to US citizens, culture, government, institutions and founding principals?...
Post #1099671
Our local park. #Monochrome #Photography #Japan
Post #1097218
Spring colours, early summer temperatures today. #SilentSunday #Photography #Japan
Post #1071086
Tulip heart. #Bloomscrolling #Photography
Post #972240
#MonochromeMonday #Waltz #Photography #Japan
Post #944978
#MonochromeMarch #MonochromeMonday #Photography #Japan Zine permission granted.
Post #944975
#MonochromeMarch #MonochromeMonday #Photography #Japan Zine permission granted.
Post #899824
#TextureTuesday #Nature #Photography #Japan