#21 · May 15–20 · Beginning of Summer

Bamboo shoots break the ground

竹笋生

Takenoko shōzu · Bamboo shoots emerge

Bamboo shoots break the ground

Fresh bamboo shoot pushing through forest litter; botanical garden or cultivated grove.

Poetic & observational

A slower way of seeing seasonal change.

Photographed by Michael Gebert

72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.

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A freestanding tear-off calendar and collectible photographic object.

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