#26 · Jun 11–15 · Grain Beards and Seeds
腐草為螢
Kusaretaru kusa hotaru to naru · Decaying grass becomes fireflies (old seasonal belief)
Blue-hour meadow or woodland edge with natural firefly trails; mystical but photographic, not fantasy.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
First physical edition
A freestanding tear-off calendar and collectible photographic object.
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