First pictures of the Venice Biennale, Dreams and Conflicts. Japan's participating artists are Yutaka Sone and Motohiko Odani in an exhibition entitled 'Heterotopia' (via artkrush).

Another new submission, this time taken in the French Concession district of Shanghai during my visit there in March, is now up on the Mirror Project.

Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer who explores the colourful, industrialised landscapes of quarries, mines, refineries, tailing ponds, and recycling plants. An exhibition of his work, Manufactured Landscapes, closed last month at the National Gallery of Canada. Their site features a series of video interviews with the artist. (Thanks, Witold).

Albumen presents the art and science of albumen printing, bringing together instruction, research, information on print conservation, and a gallery of prints, including a small collection from Meiji Japan. Standout hand-coloured images are Geisha in Winter from c. 1880, Geisha Resting from c. 1885, and Bettoes Resting from c. 1870.

Yosuke Yamahata was a 28-year-old photographer in the Japanese Army at the time the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. He was assigned to document the effects of the bomb on the city, accompanied by a painter and writer. They arrived in Nagasaki less than 24 hours after the bomb had been dropped, and Yamahata immediately began to photograph what he saw, shooting more than one hundred 35mm exposures within half a day (via Conscientious).