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Tokyo: Part 1

March 9, 2010 in 2010, Japan, Photography, Portraits, Recent Work, Series, Style, Tokyo, Travel by admin | No comments

My first morning in Tokyo was all I could ever ask for during this last trip. Beautiful light. A weekday. People getting up early and starting their day, commuting to and from work. The way a city wakes up and begins speaks a lot about its residents; the way it breathes. The pulse of Tokyo is a rapid one; its heart-rate increases and never slows down. During my first day there I became this very commuter, embedding myself in the workforce just to get a feel of what it would be like and to reacquire my bearings. It started in Shinjuku, to Ginza, to Ueno and back. I did a full loop on the JR Yamanote line which encircles the majority of the city.

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Tokyo

March 18, 2009 in Photography, Submissions, Tokyo by admin | 1 comment

Last year, Paper Magazine featured 12 photographs from my time in Japan There are so many images to edit through, but here are a few more of my selects.

Night Lights