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January 2017
Staying away from the typical locations tourists would explore, I tried to live like a local, taking turns down obscure alleyways, walking aimlessly and wandering into places for Pachinko, capturing the little moments of life that are left unseen by most outsiders. I moved between Shibuya and Shinjuku; there was not much time for much else. As the sun set, the city became brighter. It began to breathe with light as neon signs gave guidance to the people in the night. The sounds of life began to grow louder as the night grew darker.
you are. You can fade and disappear into a sea of anonymity, like a grain of sand flowing through the bottleneck, collecting at the bottom of the chronograph. Time moves on and so do the people in this city. Blink and they might disappear, not stopping as they move about their day. The last grain drops and the hourglass turns over to repeat itself, passing new grains through the bottleneck. It is easy to disappear here, in Tokyo.
It is easy to disappear here, in Tokyo.
ABOUT ME I am a photographer from Los Angeles, California and am currently living in South Korea. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in Psychology and decided to pursue photography shortly after graduating. As I continue with photography, I want to capture little moments that are often forgotten, moments that dissipate into the ether of the past. It is the moments of daydreaming in others that go unnoticed. It is the raw emotions and thoughts that are transcribed as an expression; the honesty captured in time.
In a city like this, no one knows who
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As the sun rose, the city grew quiet with the light. I found myself trekking on trains, planes, and automobiles to make my way back to South Korea. Street photography was an easier process in this city. I was able to be a part of the crowd, going about in anonymity as I did my best to capture life undisturbed.
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