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this is my photography. please do not repost these photos or use them anywhere without my permission. i've been taking photos ever since may of 2023, to where my heart has found a fondness in street photography. it's weird to say that i enjoy taking pictures of strangers but there is a thrill existing in having to capture a moment between human beings i do not know, a moment that may only last a few seconds. there's something nice about making significance in what would otherwise be a mundane moment. my hope is that, one day, someone in a picture i have taken recognizes themselves......(and isn't upset that i took a photo of them without asking)

photos are taken either with the fujifilm X-T5 or the canon powershot G7X mark II. ←

april, 2024. crows along the side of a building in harajuku. i've never seen as many crows somewhere at a time as i did in japan.

june, 2023. one of my favorite photos i've ever taken; two boys sitting outside the main street in tabanan as they were setting up the night market.

april, 2024. i peeked into an alleyway in shibuya; there was another person present taking a photo of this woman......i guess she was worth the photograph.

april, 2024. the entrance of takeshita street just as the downpour was ending.

june, 2023. taken right before that photo about three images above, outside of tabanan's main street in the evening. no one has been fond of my camera more than the lovely people in bali.

april, 2024. shimokitazawa (i'd like to go back and explore this area again).

april, 2024. more of akihabara. this one is a favorite from my japan trip :-)

june, 2023. two boys at jimbaran beach. i love this photo. it was a really tough day; i look back at the chairs behind this boy and i think of myself sitting there, crying and alone across the globe——but this guy made that day a little more fond.

april, 2024. toys in the window in kyoto.

april, 2024. a crow on a sign at dawn, maruyama park.

april, 2024. one of the many shrines we encountered on this day.

august, 2023. one of my favorite photos ever (i just really like photographing couples!), a pair kissing on water street.

april, 2024. a quiet walk, 5AM in kyoto. how i'd love to do this again...

april, 2024. taken not very long after that photo of kyoto at 5AM.

april, 2024. a mother and daughter in osaka.

april, 2024. i've always called this photo 'fuji taken with my fuji.' taken through the window of a bullet train.

april, 2024. one girl among the line of hosts/hostesses.

april, 2024. what are you doing here, mitsuri!?

july, 2024. a photo that seems almost nostalgic. taken outside of the 'you are beautiful' sign in chinatown.

december, 2023. a stranger i photographed at chriskindlmarket in chicago (i hope they know how beautiful they are).

april, 2024. a street performer in kyoto that accidentally took our attention for a good ten minutes. my favorite photos have always been the ones where they're accidentally looking right at the lens.

april, 2024. two friends at takeshita street.

august, 2023. two men in brooklyn, maybe having an important conversation.

april, 2024. a couple beside the shibuya crossing.

december, 2023. a girl who needed some extra help skating at the ice rink (hence the snowman she's holding onto). luckily, she thought lightly of the circumstance (and didn't mind being documented).

april, 2024. an evening as we walked back to the hostel in koganei.

august, 2023. a pair outside of st. patrick's cathedral. such photogenic people.

april, 2024. the view from the hostel in tokyo.

april, 2024. a photo taken as we were crossing a street in kyoto.

june, 2023. students in the courtyard after we played some games.

april, 2024. students on their way to school in kyoto.

april, 2024. a peek into an alleyway in kyoto. surprisingly picturesque!

august, 2023. i remember my dad pointing out this couple to me as we walked past them (somewhere in brooklyn). there was another photographer taking pictures of them; i thought i'd sneak one, as well...

april, 2024. one of my favorite photos from japan; schoolboys outside of kyoto station.

april, 2024. whilst sitting in my favorite coffee shop in kyoto, AA told me to turn around and photograph the businessman on the balcony. i think her & i became better peoplewatchers from this trip; this turned out to be one of my favorite photos ever.

april, 2024. one of the only photos i've taken indoors (i try to only photograph people outside), at a boba shop in harajuku.

april, 2024. two women in memorable outfits in kabukicho.

july, 2024. crocheted flowers in chinatown.

april, 2024. a cute girl beneath the cherry blossoms in shibuya. AA & i visited japan toward the end of the sakura season; i honestly think i preferred the mix of greens & pink in the trees :-)

december, 2023. a couple sitting in the grass outside the ice rink. i think i captured something very intimate here.

april, 2024. a couple that AA & i chased down an entire block to photograph. the matching outfits & their closeness was worth getting rained on.....not to mention, my camera captured the rain sooo damn well!!!

april, 2024. one of the first photos i took in japan; a businessman stretching in musashi-koganei station.

august, 2023. a woman reading at the steps of the new york public library.

april, 2024. i love taking photos of people taking photos. so meta!

december, 2023. a street performer and his friend in chicago.

april, 2024. a photo taken from an outdoor stairwell in akihabara (i think we were in a mandarake).

april, 2024. the moment that the men fishing at the river in kyoto caught a fish. we cheered for them and they cheered back.

april, 2024. maruyama park at dawn (not a soul in sight).

april, 2024. a pair of australians sitting outside a food market in fushimi-inari. i don't know what they were talking about.

august, 2023. a random guy on a random street in manhattan. i do really like this photo.

june, 2023. one of my favorite photos i've ever taken because it feels like i nailed down 'how to photograph' when i took it. a tourist at uluwatu temple.

june, 2023. IA's bike at the front of the hostel.

april, 2024. one of my favorite photos i've ever taken. footsteps and rain in kyoto.

april, 2024. a fashionable couple in dotonbori.

april, 2024. a questionable pair of pants walking beside a bike in harajuku.

july, 2024. a couple at chinatown square.