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Jonathan Hillhouse
I was born in England, 1980. Studied Art History and Popular Music at Liverpool University after which I moved to Japan in 2004.
It was on the small island of Tanegashima where my photography blossomed. Using a wide range of 35mm and medium format cameras and shooting on a wide variety of films, my photographs attempted to capture the tradition and modernity prevalent in everyday Japan.
I will return to Japan in October 2010 and will be based in Oita City, Oita! 楽しみ！
hillhousejonathan@hotmail.com
はじめましてＵＭＩといいます
画面の向こう 生きた写真 こちらに語りかけてくるようで
感動 というか・・・・
目を奪われて 時がとまってしまいました
素晴らしいですね
種子島に住んでいらしゃるのですか？
今日はいい日になりそうです
ありがとうございました
ＬＯＶＥ＆ＰＥＡＣＥ
ＭＯＴＥＲ ＥＡＲＴＨ
UMI, 僕の写真をきにいってくれてありがとう！ うん、種子島にすんでいるの。 田舎が大好き！
HELLO ジョナサン！your photos are very nice! I felt so good.Next time I want to talk about photo. Well see you next!
I have a camera shop in nishinoomote whose name is Fijicamera.
Hi Yu!
Thank you for the nice comment! Please e-mail me next time you are in Minamitane – jonathanh@ezweb.ne.jp
I came across your journal while searching for a Japanese website. I was wondering how much longer you would be staying in Japan? I’m soon to be moving to Tokunoshima and since you are semi-close by (with a passion for photography) I thought I would contact you. I’d love to spend more time reading your blog and admiring your photos!
Hi Danielle!
Thank you for your comment, I have just sent you an e-mail. Hope you like Tokunoshima!
I found your website while researching about Tanegashima.
I’m a Japanese living in U.S.
I and my husband(American) have been started to think moving back to Japan and we think Tanegashima is the place for us!(nether of us have been there yet though!lol)
It’s not going to be in this year but trying to make it in next year.
How long have you living there?? How do you like there?
My husband has lived in Japan for 2yrs before but can’t understand or speak Japanese almost at all.How about you?
I loved your pictures!
Your pictures made the moments look so special! even the moments
I will be so nice if you will be the first friend in Tanegashima of ours!
were usual what you see everyday.
（あなたの写真は普段の日常の一瞬でもすごく特別なものに見せてる！for just in case if you couldn’t understand my horrible english.）
I think I will look your pics some more!
Hi Kanami!
Thank you for your kind words. I have just sent you an e-mail. Who knows, maybe we can meet in Tanegashima some time in the future! よろしくね！☆
こんばんわＵＭＩです
８月種子島の友達のところに遊びに行きます。
以前 島に住んでいた私です。
１年ぶりに大好きな島にいきます！
島の友人と一緒にジョナサンのところをたずねたいのですが。
ジョナサンの写真を是非 見たいのです！
月の綺麗な夜にて ＰＥＡＣＥ ＥＡＲＴＨ
UMI, こんにちは！ 南種子にきったら、連絡してください！ 僕のメールは － jonathanh@ezweb.ne.jp よろしくね！ ☆
ＵＭＩです。ありがとうございます！！
メールします！
少しは英語をべんきょうしていきます！
ジョナサンの写真の世界
ひかりあふれる 日常
ほんとうに うつくしい
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Your photographs are most beautiful. I found your website on accident while looking for the meaning of my name and your name in japanese. ジョナサン[jiyonasan] I only know that Ji means wisdom. I would love to go to japan one day. Are Cherry blossoms really beautiful? What is the culture like? or What is Tokunoshima like? I want to ask so many questions, but I think I’m running out of room to write. Umm… TTYL! I hope so at least.
Hi Jonathan!
Thanks for dropping by! I have just sent you an e-mail, hope you make it to Japan some day!
Is it beautiful,
The cherry blossoms that grow,
and fall on the ground?
Now this stupid computer makes replying work. Sorry about earlier. I wanted to ask you some questions on Japan, but my computer wouldn’t let me put anything. First I wanted to say Your pictures are very beautiful. Second I wanted to tell you how I stumbled on your website, because I was searching for what the name Jonathan(ジョナサン)[Jiyonasan] means only to figure out that Ji means wisdom. So… ummm what is Japan like? What is the culture like? Is it all so beautiful?
Ooops. Heh. I now feel like and idiot, because I didn’t see my first post. I’ll quit posting now. Gomen nasai gozaimasu!
Bloody good photos here …. I can see myself visiting on a regular basis.
very awesome stuff here. i’m glad to have stumbled upon your blog. I’m another Jonathan in Japan. I’ll definately be coming back here often to see this great work.
hi! kayo desu live&photography saikou~deshita arigatou
mata session shimasyou
Mr. Hillhouse my name is Hayden James and I’m an amateur photographer. I’d like it if, providing you have the time, you visit my blog and let me know what you think. I’m looking for sound advice from experienced and passionate professionals. I hope you enjoy my stuff as much as I did yours!
Your photographs are so beautiful. I also came over your site by accident, but what a great accident.
I really admire your style, technique and the feelings in your images.
Hello Johnathon,
I happened to see your InfraRed Color Image of “Jogger” and was intrigued by it. I used to take a lot of InfraRed and other offbeat
Film Emulsions like Perutz and HIE, Scala etc. Anyway, I am getting ready to unpack my Hasselblad and take B/W Infrared pics of my Nephew’s Wedding. I just like the Spacial and Color Banding of the Jogger Photograph. I think it’s unique. Can you still get Scala 200 in the UK. They made 120, also. I would like to keep in touch. Nice Eye.
If you are in England now, you’ll be able to buy the current issue of Monocle, that spends some words on your beloved Tanegashima. When I read the name on the magazine I remember I’d read it the first time here on your blog.
Sensibility, technique and “eye”, good photographer…
Regards, Xavier Gautruche
HI Jonathan! I have been amazed by your photography for some time. I first found your blog through my search about Tanegashima. My wife two children and I are planning to move there in 2011. We have visited this summer. What a great place. I saw one of your pictures in the moon bar. I am very interested in your photography. I shoot using 35mm and also started using an Mamiya 645j recently. My background is in 16mm film and sculpture. But that was a long time ago. I would love to quiz you a bit more about your photogaphy techniques and what it was like to live in Tanegashima.