My aim to shoot the street is to show how the world is beautiful, interesting, wonderful and sometimes cruel. By means of photography and through my own eyes with my gear.I am so happy and glad when someone feels some emotion when they see my shots.Recently Awards
2016
San Francisco Street photo contest Finalist
LensCulture Street Photography Awards Finalist
ND Awards 2016 Street Category,1st Place
Steidl Book Award Japan Winner
2017
The Fence 2017 Street Category Winner
The Independent Photographer Competition Winner / May Theme Portrait
London Street Photography Festival 2nd Place,Series Category
LensCulture Street Photography Awards Finalist
This city continues to fascinate me. I am invited by its enchantment: I feel the shutter release.
Its visuals are instantaneous, but by cutting them into a picture, they becomes universal and eternal.
This series includes both traditional street photography and portraits shot on the street. Although they are not candid photos, the portraits in “Tokyo Street” are based on (and influenced by) my candid street shots. As such, I could not have taken them if I did not also shoot street photography.
The portraits and my street photography are intertwined in a complex manner. The interaction between the two kinds of pictures makes the city more fascinating; the relationship between the two draws out the charm of this city.
Tokyo is sometimes cruel, sometimes seductive: I catch those moments.
