28mm.org turns one this issue, and just gets better and better. The June 2003 issue features a stunning photo essay on the beach by Noah Grey, a night photography series shot with a Holga by Mark Warren, and some delicate rose interior views by Erin Malone.

The recently launched online magazine of narrative journalism encompassing text, film/video, photography and sound, Six Billion, dedicates its inaugural issue to the theme, 'Obituary'. The photography section presents a photo essay by Lois Raimondo examining life in Tibet (via Scene 360).

The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo is holding a retrospective of Japanese photographer, Shigeo Gocho, who died in 1983 at the age of 36. Self & Others, a short documentary film directed by Makoto Sato, was made in 2001 about Gocho's life. Until 21 July.

Brian Howell's work appears in a new book, One Ring Circus, from Arsenal Pulp Press. "Disco Fury. Wrathchild. Bam-Bam Bambi. Ladies Choice. Backyard Billy. Cheerleader Melissa. Backwoods Militia. Gorgeous Michelle Starr. Welcome to the world of minor-league professional wrestling." Howell spent three years tracking the extreme wrestling circuit, gaining access to some public and private moments of some its flamboyant community members.

Attila Hartwig's striking beauty, fashion and interior photography is beautifully showcased in this novel and slick flash site (via Pixelsurgeon).

While I almost never post about what's happening in my daily life, I feel compelled to note my sadness that Aux Bacchanales (on Meiji Dori in Harajuku), my favourite Sunday morning cafe for a scrumptious chocolate brioche or an almond and chocolate croissant, had with the best cafe au lait in Tokyo, is closing its doors for good this coming Sunday. The building that houses Aux Bach is being torn down because the owners claim it is "too old"...if it were 100 years old, I could understand that, but at just over 30 years, is that really "old"?!!