Video: Sleepy kingdom on the streets of Tokyo. Photo project by Adrian Storey
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The workaholism of the Japanese, who are literally burning at work, has long been circulating not only legends, but also anecdotes. And about working conditions at Japanese enterprises - horror stories and horror films, the mildest of which is a 12-hour working day, a limited time for a smoke break with a cup of coffee and the departure of natural needs, and catastrophic fines even for a slight delay to the beginning of the working day. It is not surprising that public transport in Japan is crowded with sleeping people in the morning and evening, and in the evening sleepy Japanese people, falling asleep in any place and in any position, can be picked on the street like mushrooms after a rain. Exactly sleepy kingdom on the streets of Tokyo and dedicated to the photo project Adrian Storeyknown to the world under the name Uchujin … Born to be English, Adrian Storey has a soft spot for world travel and is now based in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. Here he discovered with interest that in the evening the city turns into a sleepy kingdom, and now he walks the streets every evening, hunting for unusual shots. The search for interesting scenes and good moments, when it is important to click the shutter in time and stop this moment, is precisely the distinguishing feature of his photographs.
People sleeping in the subway, dozing on stairs and park benches, on lawns and under trees, or even in the middle of a street on the sidewalk is a typical sight for a business center in the Japanese capital. In any other state, they could be mistaken for alcoholics, drug addicts or homeless people. If not for decent clothes, presentable appearance and briefcases or folders with drawings, calculations and other working documentation. Japan, however …
And even though Adrian Storey's photographs do not contain amazing colorful landscapes, genre portraits, creative staged scenes, their value lies in the fact that they are real, alive, real, taken from the everyday life of ordinary people. You can get acquainted with this project and other works of the photographer on his website.
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