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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Marketing,  Nagoya,  Reportage,  Travels

    Nagoya’s reportage featured in The Good Life

    October 29, 2020 /

    The Good Life‘s October issue features my photoreportage of Nagoya.

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    Fireworks on Film

    January 19, 2013

    A Cornhole Board – Independence Day Edition

    July 8, 2023

    Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

    January 28, 2026
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  Summer

    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019 /

    When I stepped into the Toyota Museum in Nagoya I wasn’t there to chase a vintage V12 roar – I was after a photograph that could make the steel of those hatchbacks sing. I set the camera, took a breath, and aimed at the gleaming 2000‑series Corolla perched beneath that cathedral‑like skylight. The result is a picture that feels like a high‑octane sprint through a showroom, but let’s not pretend it’s flawless; let’s break it down the way a proper car reviewer would.

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    A Missed Opportunity

    May 3, 2026

    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015

    Accidental Precision

    February 12, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People

    A Street Dancer In Sakae

    August 9, 2019 /

    The figure cuts across the frame in mid-motion, blurred by the long exposure into a streak of speed and rhythm. What might have been a simple step in the street becomes here a dance, arms and legs stretched in dynamic diagonals. The city’s lights smear into horizontal bands, a stage built of glass and neon for a fleeting performance. Composition thrives on movement. The dancer is placed almost centrally but leans into the right side of the frame, suggesting continuation beyond what we see. The motion blur is not a flaw but the subject itself: it transforms a person into gesture, a body into energy. Behind, the fractured colours of…

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    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013

    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013

    Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography

    March 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019 /

    I took this photograph on a busy crossing, stopping behind a man whose style caught my attention immediately. His shaved head, chain accessories, and heavy branding on both shirt and jeans projected a deliberate identity—part biker, part urban cowboy, part street performance. The clothing itself, emblazoned with wings, stars, and slogans, seemed designed to announce toughness before a word was spoken. From a compositional standpoint, I chose to shoot from behind, letting the graphics on his clothes dominate the frame. This perspective makes the man more symbol than portrait, reducing him to a surface of imagery and text. The striped pedestrian crossing beneath his feet adds a rhythm of lines…

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    A promenade

    February 24, 2013

    The BatFire

    April 29, 2016

    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  People,  Summer

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019 /

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    Fast Roping

    October 21, 2021

    The Sinking Giant

    December 6, 2013

    Belgian Chocolate – Godiva

    November 20, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  People,  Summer

    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019 /

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    Desolation

    May 13, 2015

    Still Standing

    March 15, 2014

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  Parks,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019 /

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    Staged?

    February 16, 2016

    5 (improbable) Frames with a roll of Ferrania Orto and a Nikon 35TI

    February 28, 2024

    An Unplausable Perspective

    May 6, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Summer

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019 /

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    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014

    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025

    Just In Case

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