ENTRY DESCRIPTION
During OTOKO’s photographic travels, he visited three oft the words most densely populated cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Macao (besides others as Shanghai, Tokyo, etc.). The picture shows an estate in Japan and it’s only a fragment of the series URBAN DENSITY by OTOKO.

The United Nations report that 54 per cent of the world’s population resided in urban areas in 2014. In 1950, 30 per cent of the world’s population was urban, and by 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population is projected to be urban. Whereas global rural population is decreasing.

Tokyo is the world’s largest megacity with an agglomeration of 38 million inhabitants, followed by Delhi with 25 million and Shanghai with 23 million. In Hong Kong population density (people per sq. km) was last measured at 6.897,79 in 2013, according to the World Bank. Among Kwun Tong, with a staggering 57.250 persons per square kilometre, was the most densely populated district on earth situated in Hong Kong .

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AUTHOR
"When it comes to ART, very much lies in the subjective eye of the beholder: one’s personal taste. Otherwise ART would be mAinsTReam." OTOKO

OTOKO is the japanese word for „man“. It contains both initials T for T horben and K for K remers. The japanese culture had a strong impact on OTOKO’s photographic style.

Having bought his first professional camera at the age of 16, learning the ART of photography in an autodidactical way, OTOKO was blessed with eyesight, and an indexfinger to release the shutter button at the very moment, capturing moments, feelings, moods,... to make them last forever.

Coming from a very ARTistical family background, OTOKO’s photos mainly show clean & simple structures with straight lines. Being an analyst OTOKO tends to have an eye for patterns and structures which might not be distinguishable at first sight.

OTOKO holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

Contact: info@OTOKO.PHOTO ; www.otoko.photo

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