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A figure with an umbrella in a neon-red alley at night

22 Jan 20262 min readPhoto Essays

Neon nights: rain, signs and the Asian city after dark

Red alleys, stacked signs, wet pavement doubling every light. A short essay on why East Asian cities look like this at night, and why we keep photographing them.

Light trails of traffic on a city avenue at night, black and white

15 Nov 20251 min readMoments

City lights and light trails

Traffic drawn as lines of light, a tower glowing from above, skylines reflected in a river at dusk.

24 Oct 20251 min readPlaces

Tokyo streets, from Shibuya to Skytree

A tower framed by cherry blossoms, the busiest crossing in the city and the narrow streets in between.

16 Sept 20252 min readPhoto Essays

Taipei 101 in every weather

Blue sky, storm clouds, orange sunset, blue hour. One building, photographed again and again, and what that repetition teaches about looking.

Osaka Castle above its stone walls and trees

12 Sept 20252 min readJapan

Osaka: merchant city and the nation's kitchen

Osaka grew up around trade rather than a court. Its castle, its canals and its famous appetite for street food all come from that merchant past. A profile of Japan's most down-to-earth big city.

Commuters crossing a sunlit Tokyo street

18 Apr 20252 min readJapan

Tokyo: a city of many centres

Tokyo has no single downtown. It is a ring of districts, each with its own station, mood and history, held together by trains. A short profile of how the city grew and how to read it.

17 Oct 20212 min readThoughts

This city gets lonely sometimes

The lonely souls in the middle of a city, and the ways they keep their loneliness company.