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The Big Sort: End note
October 2, 2022
Kamakura2022.08 ---Hello! I'm Carina and this is/was The Big Sort, a photo-only newsletter that I sent out every Wednesday and Sunday from August 3rd to...
The Big Sort: 17 - Noon at Mino Festival
September 28, 2022
Lunch time at Mino MatsuriGifu2022.05---Mino's May festival is known for 2 things: the pink omikoshi adorned with hand-dyed and handmade Mino paper flowers,...
The Big Sort: 16 - Yosemite
September 25, 2022
Yosemite, California2016.08 --- I was all packed up to go on a camping trip this weekend. In my backpack: waterproof trousers and jacket, mess tin, spoon,...
The Big Sort: 15 - Slow burn
September 22, 2022
Hakuba, Yoshino, Karuizawa.2019.10 - 2020.08 --- When I went to pick up this film from the lab, they commiserated with me about my failed roll of mistakes. I...
The Big Sort: 14 - Dreaming about the life she's living now
September 18, 2022
Seattle to Southworth, Washington2019 --- We were heading to Port Orchard to stay in an A frame nestled in a forest, where the closest restaurant was a...
The Big Sort: 13 - Nancy
September 14, 2022
Saitama2015.07ish--- We didn’t exactly hit it off at first.She seemed tense when we finally met in person — understandably so. On the 2.5 hour drive to her...
The Big Sort: 12 - Earth angel
September 12, 2022
Point Reyes, California2016.08---He was my closest friend for one month that felt more like a year. That summer I got a grant to research the intersection of...
The Big Sort: 11 - My granduncle
September 7, 2022
A day with my granduncle.Gifu2022.08--- When I was in Gifu last month, I was told that a present had just been delivered for me outside, only to discover 2...
The Big Sort: 10 - Dreaming of TOTO toilets
September 4, 2022
The ferris wheel on Parker's Piece that she hatesCambridge, UK2022.06 -- When I took these photos, I was on two hours sleep. I’d joined her at a college...
The Big Sort: 9 - Snack break
August 31, 2022
Hakuba, Nagano2020.08---Summer 2020. At this point, I’d stopped disinfecting my groceries, but I carried around three types of disinfectant: spray, gel,...
The Big Sort: 8 - Dolmas
August 28, 2022
Istanbul ModernRussian Hill, San Francisco2018.03--- I used to call myself a foodie. I'd go to restaurants and make comments like:Too salty. Pretty...
The Big Sort: 7 - This is a sign to do the thing
August 24, 2022
Hackney City Farm, London2022.06--- She cut straight to the chase. Seeing anyone? Where in the world have you been? And what are you making at the moment? It...
The Big Sort: 6 - Olympic Stadium
August 21, 2022
Japan National Stadium and Yoyogi Park2021.07---A month before the Olympics last year, I went to see the stadium and found it completely enclosed by white...
The Big Sort: 5 - Janet
August 17, 2022
The V&A, London2022.06---A couple months ago, I went to London to see friends: childhood friends, occasionally-send-emojis-on-Instagram friends, soul...
The Big Sort: 4 - Bubbling up
August 14, 2022
Onomichi, Hiroshima2020.09---The 8am ferry from Onomichi on a Friday.I’d arrived in Onomichi the night before, and had gotten up early to rent a rickety...
The Big Sort: 3 Cranes in the sky
August 10, 2022
Clothing optional hot springSomewhere in the Inland Empire, California.Sometime during the historic drought in 2016.---When I met her on the first day of...
The Big Sort: 2 - The G7 of the stone world
August 7, 2022
Big Sur, California 2019.05 --- It was the G7 of the stone world and I’d interrupted during the closing speech. There were round stones gathered in perfect...
The Big Sort: 1 - Sake brewery in the off season
August 3, 2022
上原酒造 高島市、滋賀県2020.09 --- A one tonne weight that's used to squeeze sake out of moromi - a fermented mixture of steamed rice, koji, water and yeast. During the...