tokyo camera style

Shinjuku

Mamiya 7II with 65mm f4 lens

Shinjuku

Mamiya 7II with 65mm f4 lens and Honda motorcycle

Harajuku

V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

Minolta TC-1

The V Photobook Fair is a two-day event sponsored by the Photography Department of the Tokyo Visual Arts Academy that’s held at Creative Space Akademeia 21 in Harajuku.  

The vendors are a mix of Tokyo galleries and Japanese photobook publishers. Lots of familiar faces!

It's a nice size event- there are just enough booths that you can see everything but not feel too overwhelmed (see: Tokyo Art Book Fair).

Harajuku, Tokyo

V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

Pentax ESPIO Mini

V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

Harajuku

Harajuku

Harajuku

Harajuku

Totem Pole Photo Gallert, Shinjuku

In Shibuya in March of 2026 I was slowly passed on the street by a clean, brawny 1970 Chevy Nova. I took a few iPhone pics and then snapped a few frames with my M6.

I was messaged a few hours later after posting an iphone pic of the car to my Instagram stories by a man who told me that it was his brother's car. Both brothers, in addition to cars, have good taste in cameras. He put me in touch with the Nova's owner, Koken ( Instagram ) and this week I had the pleasure of meeting them and giving them a few 5x7 prints of his car in Shibuya that March afternoon. It is a great feeling to get to share photographs with people you pass (or, in this case, passed by).

Car:

Bad-ass, off-white 1970 Chevrolet Nova

Cameras:

Leica M10-P with 35mm f2 Summicron lens

Shibuya, Tokyo

Black Paint Leica M x 35mm lens triple combo:

Leica MP with 35mm f2 Summicron ASPH

Leica M10-R with 35mm f1.4 Summilux APSH FLE (!)

Leica M-P with Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 Nokton Classic S.C. lens