Le Tokio
The photographs in the set Le Tokio center on Japan’s mega-metropolis with its gigantic department stores and on the consumer behavior of the capital city’s residents.  Empty escalators, dully uniform apartment buildings and individuals equipped with shopping bags and stress-filled but empty expressions focused on nothing at all, yet always in search of new consumer opportunities, are depicted with sometimes intense, sometimes passing emphasis.  The observer’s first impression – one of documentary evidence of a hectic everyday lifestyle – inevitably dissolves under further reflection.  The photographs are not just a portrayal of reality.  Using perspective and lighting, as well as digital manipulation, the artist questio

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