Retro patterns spread out at my feet, and beyond, the geometric forms of towering high-rises. I used Monochrome Profile Control to capture scenes in the fleeting moments where the memories of a metamorphosing city intersect with its future.
Kiichiro Yoshimoto
Kiichiro YoshimotoJapan
Born in 1960 in Tokyo. Studied under Daido Moriyama and Masahisa Fukase. Launched his career in 1983 as a contract photographer for Heibon Punch. His photographs have been widely used in publishing and advertising media for Magazine House publications such as Tarzan, BRUTUS, and POPEYE.
In 2021, published a photo book titled Tokyo Time Slip 1984⇔2021 (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), comparing the Tokyo of 1984 with the city as it was in 2021. The book has now reached its eighth printing, while the series has sold approximately 40,000 copies in total. He has more than 62,000 followers on Instagram, and in addition to appearing on NHK WORLD-JAPAN, TV TOKYO’s neighborhood-focused variety program Shutsubotsu! Adomachikku Tengoku, and the weekday lifestyle program Yojigoji Days, he has provided many photographs to the media.
Through his photographs, Yoshimoto conveys the charm of the city and scenery around us at events such as his “JINDAIJI” exhibition, focusing on the theme of the “breathtaking beauties that are close at hand.”
Vice president of the Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association.
Website: https://kiichiroyoshimoto.jp/
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/tokyo_timeslip/
