Kana Hashimoto (@himu1017) uploads eerily breathtaking photos of Tokyo at night during the pandemic. Hashimoto is an amateur photographer who takes nighttime photos of Tokyo as a hobby. Her photos feel like they are suspended in time, and make the viewers feel a sense of serenity and longing:
“Five years ago, I became aware of and began doing nighttime photography,” Hashimoto told me. She added, “I like the night’s silent atmosphere and the light that floats up from the depths of the darkness. I also like the sense of longing one can feel throughout these streetscapes.”
Hashimoto, who admires the work of the contemporary Japanese photographers Miyako Ishiuchi and Seiichi Motohashi, did not begin shooting her nocturnal Tokyo scenes with the goal of producing a series. “During the state of emergency [imposed by the Japanese government, which was lifted on May 25], I tried to refrain from going out,” Hashimoto said. But even during that period, she did slip out into the darkness. “Not having contact with other people, when it came to going out at night to shoot photos, I used my best judgment.”
image via Hyperallergic