Publisher/スピリッツアベニュー

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Japanese photographer Michio Soejima's "Drifting in Shinjuku's Kabukicho" is a collection of works. Set in Shinjuku's Kabukicho district in the early 1990s, the photographer captures the people gathering in the city at night and the atmosphere of the alleys with a sense of distance that avoids excessive staging or definitive judgment. This work strikes a balance between the immediacy of reportage and the intimacy of personal photography, portraying Kabukicho as a place where anonymity and fluidity intersect, from a time on the periphery rather than at the center of events. The subjects are not symbolized, but are captured as passing glances or moments of pause, quietly building up the city's multilayered expressions. Rather than pushing a specific message, the composition leaves room for interpretation, suggesting that the relationship between place and person is not fixed. While documenting a time and place, this book also questions how photography can capture the state of "drifting." It contains a large amount of text.