My first public presentation, Cha-no-yu

[Miles2go]

Hi

Bill so kindly posted my first presentation entitled Cha-no-yu The art of Tea in his pte website at Beechbrook Cottage.

My wife and I were in Kyoto, Japan last autumn for slightly over a week. I had been feeling very disappointed because I could not find and shoot any of the genuine geishas in the city. On the eve of our departure, we stumbled into a tea promotion event just outside the main train station. And then we saw two maikos (apprentice geishas) preparing and serving tea. I spent half an hour shooting them from a fixed position--too many people in the audience so I couldn't really move about too much until the ceremony was over. That scene made my one week visit all worth while.

You may wonder why in a number of shots, I showed the napes of the maikos. That's because in the geisha world, the nape is considered one of the most beautiful features of a woman.

I hope you'll enjoy my first presentation.

Ning de Guzman