Azby Brown

@azby.bsky.social

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Artist, designer, author. Lead researcher for SAFECAST, promoting openness and citizen science for environmental monitoring.

A stone path leads deep into a dense forest of tall sugi cedar trees in Yoshino, Japan.
The integrity space capsule from the Artemis II lunar flyby mission floating safely in the ocean after re-entry.
Live cameral image from inside the Artemis II Orion capsule. The control screens shine brightly inside the darkened capsule, and two astronauts can be seen,
A photo of a small garden in Japan, taken in the evening, illuminated by artificial light. A large bush has lots of leaves on its right side, but bare branches on its left side. A small Japanese stone lantern is placed atop an iron manhole cover.
An image of an event flyer with a dark grey background comprised of an image which is hard to make out but appears to be rough ground covered with weeds. The text reads: Join us in Berlin⠀ ⠀ EXHIBIT⠀ ⠀ “Exiles of the Psyche”⠀ Azby Brown & Gaston Meskens⠀ ⠀ 5 - 7 September 2025 / free admission⠀ ⠀ Floating University⠀ Lilienthalstraße 32, 10965 Berlin⠀ ⠀ Part of the utopienale 2025⠀ www.utopienale.org⠀
A large group of people sit in a circle for discussion, on chairs set on a green lawn. Lake Wannsee near Berlin is visible in the background, as are trees and many sailboats.
An actual photo of the re-arrest of Sean Charles Dunn, aka "Sandwich Guy," by a group of uniformed and undercover law enforcement personnel in Washington DC recently. It is titled "THE ARREST OF SANDWICH GUY: Dramatis Personae." Visible in the photo are Sandwich Guy, and seven white male and one black female law enforcement personnel. Satirical labels humorously describe the people in the photo. Sandwich Guy is described as "The only decent human being in the entire group." Law enforcement officers are variously described as "Pedophile with a master's degree," "Wife beaters, share home-made daughter rape porn online," "Strangled a teenaged hitchhiker while on-duty, reinstated after 3 months probation," "Oath Keepers imprisoned for Jan 6, now high-ranking Trump Gestapo." The black officer is described as "Realized too late that these white guys are just waiting for a chance to plug her and stuff her in the dumpster." The image is authentic, and the labels are clearly satirical.
Artist and writer Azby Brown speaks in front of a painting by Kenjiro Okazaki. The image is a screenshot from NHK's Nichiyo Bijutsukan TV show.
A photo of a late-night sunset at the Baltic Sea near Finland, seen from the upper deck of a ship
The first #nokings demo was held in Tokyo, thanks to time zones which put us 16 hours ahead of the US east coast. About 16 resident US citizens assembled in Shibuya to peacefully protest and engage passersby.
The photo shows a group of American citizens participating in a "No Kings" protest in Tokyo, JUne 14, 2025.
Time zones put Tokyo 13 hours ahead of the US east coast, and the first of the global June 14th "No Kings" demonstrations was held there just hours ago. About 15 resident US citizens protested peacefully in front of Shibuya Station. (photo: Wendy Bigler)
"I've been past this corner of Ginza many times but only noticed this amazing tree today....It refuses to die..." Photo of a waist-hight tree stump in Tokyo's Ginza district that is sprouting a surprising amount of new shoots and leaves from its cut upper surface.
From X account Saint Javelin: "Look, I am not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination. But at this point, it is safe to say that there must be a very lucrative behind the scenes deal for Trump and his circle in order to dump America’s long-standing allies and do things that are so blatantly beneficial to Russia because none of this makes America great again Russia has a GDP smaller than Canada The European Union has a GDP 15 times the size of Russia There is no logical or rational or economic argument for acting in this way unless there is something else that is in play, which absolutely does not benefit Americans, but certainly does benefit the president and his people There’s just no explaining this in any other way"
Closeup of plum tree branches with pale pink flower buds and new blossoms, inside a home.
Interior of a Japanese shrine in Yokohama. Due seismic reinforcement work being done at the older main shrine building, a traditional room in the adjoining office/residence building has been temporarily converted into a ceremonial hall.
Detail of Google Maps accessed from Japan, showing the name "Gulf of Mexico" followed by "(Gulf of America)" in parentheses.
1945 oil painting by NAKAMURA Ken'ichi at MOMAT in Tokyo, "Sergeant Nobe's Suicide Attack on Two B-29's Over Kitakyushu."
A gigantic, centuries-old ginko tree in its full golden autumn glory, at Kishomonjin Shrine in Tokyo. It was designated a natural landmark of Tokyo as far back as the 1930’s. People pray to it for help with childbirth and child-rearing.
A nice autumn appetizer served in Nara: kaki (persimmon) sliced in half, with maguro (tuna), ikura (salmon roe), yose-dōfu (soft tofu), and shungiku (chrysanthemum greens), on a beautiful brown-glazed dish. Beautiful color harmonies!
Installation view of exhibition "Carrying civilization forward into the future," at the Old School Institute for Contemporary Arts in Havelberg, Germany.
Noh actor Manjiro Tatsumi performing "Umeme" at Kofukuji Temple in Nara