In Tokyo streets I did my best to engage with a population so different from all I knew, and overcome potential but spontaneous distance with my subjects without denying my quest for the unusual and light. I did not fully manage to ‘erase’ this distance as the respect of rules and the other prevail over anything else for Tokyoites. Each of them while moving in an incredibly normalized flow appears like a solitary fragment of an expanding whole in constant motion, ignoring a confusing mix of lighting, audible announcements and flashing signs… hardly noticing the camera of a lost and unlikely westerner.
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