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Evenings in Tokyo / Liam Wong twitter.com/liamwong
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Midgar Nights / Liam Wong / twitter.com/liamwong / instagram.com/liamwong
I took these pictures at a factory outside of Tokyo and the location reminded me of Final Fantasy VII.
Tokyo in the snow / 📸: @liamwong
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Free TO:KY:OO phone wallpapers for your personal use, enjoy! Thank you - Liam Wong liamwong.com/wallpapers
Photographs I took of cities after dark
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TO:KY:OO by Liam Wong. Thames & Hudson, 2021. 9780500545461. 264pp. http://www.powells.com/book/-9780500545461?partnerid=34778&p_bt
Photography books need to be beautiful and compelling, and this one is on a new level. The opening pages, including the forward and introduction and table of contents, are all printed on beautiful gradients that flow across both pages. The behind-the-scenes pages at the back that show a few of Wong’s contact sheets and give real insight into his process (particularly of the process behind making his famous Neo Tokyo photograph) are on a non-glossy paper, which sets them apart from the glossiness of the rest of the book and makes them feel like they’re full of craft. Everyone is going to want to flip through this book.
The photos themselves are wonderful. The recolored night scenes are full of purples, with glowing blues and whites and reds. In so many images signs, lit and not, neon and not, vie for attention even as pedestrians ignore them. There’s something unexpected in each image, which made paging through this book again and again a real pleasure. Many rainy Tokyo streets and alleys recall the movie Blade Runner, though there’s so much more here that doesn’t. It all makes me want to get on a plane and head for Japan as soon as that’s possible again.
Thank you for the lovely review! ☔️
My AFTER DARK photo series is featured on the front page of The Guardian today. A cinematic exploration of cities after midnight ☔️ Out now in bookstores worldwide / Quick links at www.linktr.ee/liamwong
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Free TO:KY:OO phone wallpapers for your personal use, enjoy! Thank you - Liam Wong liamwong.com/wallpapers