Concrete PoetryConcrete Poetry

The story

Tokyo at night is a city that photographs itself — you just have to be standing in the right place when it happens. Concrete Poetry is the result of seven consecutive nights walking from Shibuya to Shinjuku and back, camera in hand, no plan beyond following the light.

The series looks for the moments when a city of fourteen million people accidentally composes itself: a lone umbrella crossing an empty intersection, steam from a ramen shop catching a neon sign, a salaryman perfectly framed by a train window.

Street photography keeps my eye honest. There are no second takes, no styling and no light I didn't find — which is exactly why I return to it between commissions.