日本ノ ワール - NIHON NOIR
by Tom Blachford
Metabolism Buildings in Tokyo,
静岡新聞静岡放送ビル Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. 江戸東京博物館 The Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館, Edo Tōkyō Hakubutsukan) is a historical museum located at 1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-Ku, Tokyo. 江戸東京博物館 The Edo-Tokyo Museum (江戸東京博物館, Edo Tōkyō Hakubutsukan) is a historical museum located at 1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-Ku, Tokyo. 東京ビッグサイト A basement of Tokyo Big Sight. ニュースカイビル New Sky Building aka Sky Building No.3 (Gunkan Higashi Shinjuku), designed by Yoji Watanabe. メタボリズム + ブレードランナー A stairwell above a blade-runner-themed bar. オフィス メタボリズム Tokyo's buildings designed by metabolist architects. 株式会社フジテレビジョン Fuji Television Headquarter in Tokyo and was designed by metabolist architects, Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三).

Nihon Noir, a surreal series named after the Kanji word for Japan and the film genre that inspired the artist’s aesthetic. Blachford photographed at night and it looks like street scenes turned into blade-runner-movie futuristic scenes.

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