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This is a row of machines where you can purchase tickets at Shinjuku Station. Notice the map at the top of the frame, which you’re supposed to use to figure out the fare. If you don’t want to take the time to figure it out — or it’s too complicated — you can always buy the lowest priced ticket and then use a Fare Adjustment Machine at the end of your trip to pay the difference. I usually cheated and looked up my fares ahead of time on The Tokyo Transfer Guide Web site. Tokyo, Japan, August 2008.

Around 2002, I practiced “freezing the action shots” on a dog agility class in Santa Barbara, CA. This is one of the best shots — and one of the first pictures I ever sold.

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A young woman with orange hair buys a cold drink from the vending machine at Hase Station near Kamakura, Japan. August 2008.


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