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So the sharp eye will notice that the book is not covered nor is the regular shape of a Japanese novel. The guy reads English! It’s the little thing’s like this that make the train journey interesting (for the most part).

Caught him early one evening on the way home.

Man reads a morning newspaper. Caught on the edge of the frame with the Rolleiflex as I went to work.

Shot (like usual) on the way to work.

Looking for a way to escape, he looks back only to discover the best possible route blocked.

No eye contact, head down, no speaking with anyone. 8.3 million people in this town (source – probably more now) and my version of Tokyo seems like an endless stream of the same.

See this kind of thing every day. Hard to photograph at this angle though.

Sometimes you point your camera in a direction and just hope something will fall into the frame. You don’t expect to feel like your about to get killed (in Tokyo anyway) in the process. This could have been one of these times

This one is definitely making it into the exhibition. It’s the odd shot like this that makes lugging that camera around every day worth while (or almost