静かな公共空間 (Public Quiet) 2025

During my all too brief time in Japan, I wanted to document everyday life in Japan at walking speed. The photographs are made in public spaces—streets, crossings, markets, storefronts—where tradition and modernity coexist. The work focuses on moments of pause: waiting, walking, checking a phone, sheltering from rain, carrying a child, moving through a crowd. The camera remains at human height and conversational distance. People are encountered mid-gesture and unguarded, not as symbols but as individuals navigating shared space. Technology and cultural markers appear naturally, treated as part of daily routine rather than visual contrast or commentary. The black and white emphasizes structure, light, and timing while reducing distraction. Together, the photographs form a quiet narrative of movement and stillness, suggesting a contemporary Japan defined by continuity—where the ordinary, the modern, and the enduring exist side by side on the same street.