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Greg's avatar

Yes, it's the little details, the granularity, the connections seen and unseen, that make urban Japan what it is. I see this all the time, and it's what I try to document, perhaps subconsciously so, in my photographs. If you're interested in what I do, have a look at my page on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregapan/

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Patrick M. Lydon's avatar

Nice images, Greg, filled with great observations of granularity!

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Greg's avatar

thanks so much, Patrick! Glad you like it!

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Stephanie Bax's avatar

The opening paragraph about pedestrian flow reminds me of a chapter in Alexandra Horowitz’s book called On Looking. Humans will naturally fall into a flow in crowds (only recently disrupted by people engaged head down on phones). I think it’s a book you might enjoy if you haven’t come across it yet. In it, she takes city walks with different types of people - a biologist, a type face designer, a child, her dog, a blind person.. its fascinating to read how each one navigates the city differently and what they see as they do.

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Patrick M. Lydon's avatar

This sounds like an amazing book. Adding it to my wish list ;-)

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Rachel Hutson's avatar

Wow. Yes. Little streams instead of waterfalls. 💓

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