Regularly wandering Tokyo’s older suburbs means I pass an awful lot of homes. Many of them are dated, with more than a few abandoned, but these are some that I was fortunate enough to see both the building and the owner.
Photography
Everyday Tokyo people and places
It’s always nice to capture an out of the ordinary, visually striking image. A single frame that works all by itself.
For me though, simple, everyday moments mean much more. Especially so when put together, creating documents of a day, area or even time period. This then is a series of such photos. All of them taken on a Tokyo walk in early June.
Tokyo rainy season scenery
Taking more photos in the rain is something I’m trying do more of. Or at the very least avoid less. And as June is rainy season in Tokyo, it seemed like the right time to try and capture more wet weather scenery, with these all taken on a couple of drizzly walks through familiar, and not quite so familiar neighbourhoods.
Portraits from a traditional Shinjuku festival
Shinjuku is a wonderful place for surprises. It has also provided me with two of my most complete sets of photos — the area in general and a few of its dingy alleyways. Time, persistence, and perhaps most of all, the city’s ability to regularly produce unique photo opportunities allowing me to gradually piece those series together.
On a recent visit, however, I was fortunate enough to witness an unexpected event of a much more traditional nature. A festival. One both in and outside a shrine. So these then are some of the people I saw.
Random, everyday Tokyo street scenes
A lot of my series involve the sights of a meandering walk, a collection of photos taken over a long period, or perhaps most of all, the simple documentation of time.
This set, however, is a bit different. In many ways it’s all of the above, but most of all it’s simply a number of images from the last month or so. Scenes that in many ways aren’t connected, but at the same time they are in regards the areas and themes they cover.
