I photograph people and ordinary life. What gives me the greatest satisfaction is framing different elements — people, objects, colors — to reveal moments of beauty where beauty is not always expected. A face emerging from shadow, the echo between a car’s paint and a woman’s coat, multiple layers aligning for an instant to form a quiet, harmonic composition.

I began working in black and white, but over time I realized how deeply I respond to color. Today, I think in color when I’m on the street. I’m drawn to how light shapes it, how it fades, clashes, or briefly comes into balance.

I spend a lot of time with photographic books, and my main sources of inspiration are Harry Gruyaert, Alex Webb, and David Alan Harvey.

In 2012, I placed 38th at the Leica 24x36 contest among more than 5,000 participants. My portfolio Tokyo24 was selected for the permanent winners’ gallery of the Urban DotArt 2015 contest.

If you have questions about my work, or would like to know more about the stories behind the photographs, drop me a line here.