ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Tokyo was the most vibrant expression of humanity I could find - Tokyo ku is an exploration of the wards of Tokyo. Yet, for all its intensity, Tokyo became a meditation. For those who have attempted the practice, you’ll know it’s often difficult to start and find the clarity of thought. But ultimately, the goal is to find the space between thoughts, or in my case, the images between the intensity, where real becomes ethereal.

AUTHOR
I grew up as the youngest child in a family of engineers. Each weekend, we would pull something apart and rebuild it or make something from the latest issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine. One week, it was a motorbike; the next, a transistor radio; the next, a scale model hovercraft. I gained an appreciation of ‘the machine.’ And as a kid, there was no more beautiful or magical machine in my eyes than the camera.

I got my first job in photography as a trainee at a department store photographic studio. Under the watchful eye of the Studio Head, I was tasked with shooting every item in the store, from sporting goods to ladies’ lingerie, for the weekly catalogue. Much like the karate kid, it seemed mundane and repetitive at the time, but looking back, it was, in fact, where I mastered the art of lighting.

I have always been more comfortable in the company of nature than people. For many years, I traveled to remote areas, shooting only landscapes. Photographing people, however, forced me to face my introversion and step out of my comfort zone. I think this is why portraiture is now my most favoured form and why I’ve gained such a strong reputation for it.

I began my career shooting film and know I will end it the same way. I embraced digital photography for a time before

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