End of the runway pictures. 1972-2017. Taipei, Shanghai, Tokyo, Vancouver…
I’ve probably mentioned that technically I’m not an aviation enthusiast, but I’ve always been quite taken with airports and everything around them. I had the good fortune to travel a lot on assignment while based in Hong Kong and Shanghai but funnily enough I probably made more “airport” pictures while not working. While racing to get out of town on a news assignment it perhaps felt a bit frivolous to pause and photograph a waitress at the airport bar, or linger by a window with a tarmac view. So, it was mostly in the down times, or while otherwise travelling without any urgency, that I could spend unhurried time in or around a particular airport. Or, when I was younger and time was more or less infinite.
1. Shanghai, Hongqiao Airport. 1998.
2. Vancouver, 1972.
3. Taipei, Songshan Airport, 1996.
4. Hongqiao Airport, Shanghai, 1998.
5. Hongqiao airport, SHA, 1998.
6. Narita, Japan, 2017.
7. Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 2008.
8. Haneda Airport, perimeter fence. 1979.
Link to books in bio.
#runway #airport #airfield #aviation #modernworld
HK:PM back in print! Hong Kong Night Life 1974-1989.
With an introduction by legendary Hong Kong film maker Ann Hui.
Books available via link in bio.
1. Nightclub doorman and Italian sports car. Tsimshatsui, 1977.
2. Club Gold Star, Wanchai.
3. US Navy Shore Patrol, Wanchai, 1985.
4. 2 Dragons Bar, TST, 1985.
5. Red Lips Bar, TST, 1975.
6. Plaza Grill, Wanchai, 1974.
7. Bar interior, 1985.
8. Neon gutter, Nathan Road, 1974.
#hongkong #hkstory #hkneon #neonsigns #photobook
Wind and clouds, 1979-2020. Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai…
From various books and unpublished.
1. Apartment interior with fan, Peng Chau, Hong Kong 1983. From “HK:PM”.
2. Tokyo Hilton, 1983. From “JAL 76-88”.
3. Shanghai, 2005. From “Phantom Shanghai”.
4. Room at YMCA, Hong Kong. 1983.
5. Smoker, Koenji, Tokyo. 1979. From “JAL 76-88”.
6. Hotel room view, near Kawazu, Shizuoka. 2020.
Link to books in bio.
#photobook #slidefilm #1980s #1980s #longexposure
Coastal scenes in Japan, 2008-2025.
Shizuoka, Shimane, Kanagawa, Okinawa…
From various books and unpublished.
1. Near Kawazu, Shizuoka. 2020.
2. Sado Island, Niigata, 2019.
3. Oki Island, Shimane, 2025.
4. Oki Island, first light, 2025.
5. View from hotel room, Ginowan, Okinawa. 2023.
6. Yokosuka view, 2008.
#onthecoast #coastview #longexposure #mamiya7 #photobook
Back in print: JAL 76-88! We will receive inventory in the next week or two and start shipping pre-orders and new orders. Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered! Happy that these pictures of Tokyo in the 70s and 80s are back in print!
Books available via link in bio.
Shipping worldwide, signed on request.
1. Kabukicho, Tokyo, 1977.
2. Shinjuku evening, 1977.
3. Haneda airport, 1979.
4. “Tokyo”, Haneda Airport, 1979.
5. Narita Airport, 1982.
6. Man in sharp suit, Tokyo, 1979.
7. Harajuku station, 1979.
8. 11PM Show, 1979.
9. Young woman in hotel room, 1979.
10. JAL 76-88 front/back cover. (Shinjuku 5:09am).
#photobook #showa #1970s #1980s #slidefilm
Port town scenes. 2013.
Vancouver waterfront and around town.
1. Star Life.
2. Tracks, facing north.
3. Balmoral Hotel.
4. Fox Cinema.
5. Patricia Hotel, first light.
Link to my books in bio.
#waterfront #onthewaterfront #porttown #longexposure
Okayama scenes, 2022-2023.
From “Snack Sakura”.
Travels through 29 out of Japan’s 47 prefectures, looking for bars and snacks named “Sakura”. In towns along the coast, in the mountains, in big cities, in suburbs and rural areas. A journey through Japan’s unique “snack culture” and the places you find them. Which means pretty much everywhere.
1. Tamano, house and shipyard crane.
2. Snack Sakura, Tamano.
3. Snack Sakura, regular.
4. Okayama City, hotel room view.
5. Snack K. Sakura, Okayama City.
6. Kurashiki, Snack Sakura.
7. Snack Sakura, Tamano.
8. Cafe exterior, Tamano.
Books available via link in bio.
#okayama #tamano #okayamacity #kurashiki #photobook
Excited to announce new photo book workshop program beginning in the fall, a nine month mentorship limited to 10 participants. We meet on Bowen Island near Vancouver, Sept 17-19, and then reassemble in Tokyo in the spring of 2027. Plus extended online sessions. The program includes co-mentorship by my longtime collaborators: publisher Misha Kominek and designer Gonzalo Sanchez.
For more information visit
@fotofilmic
1. Platform conductor, Tokyo, 1976.
2. Selection of books by yours truly.
3. Program details.
4. Osaka scene, 2022, from “Snack Sakura”.
5. “Tokyo”, Haneda Airport. 1979.
6. Two Schoolgirls, Tokyo, 1979. From JAL 76-88”.
#photobook #workshop #firstbook #ninemonths #bowenisland
Shanghai bedrooms, 2001-2006. From “Phantom Shanghai”.
Currently out of print but next year is the 20th anniversary of the book and it seems a good time to consider reprinting. Please stay tuned!
Link to books in bio.
#photobook #shanghaistory #shanghaihistory #shanghai #shanghaiarchitecture
A few rolls back from the lab. I used to do my own scanning but good grief it’s so much easier if somebody else does it. Too many processed but unscanned rolls of film laying around for months, years.
Tokyo and Okinawa, 2026.
1. Ginza.
2. Audrey, Oomori.
3. Naha, Okinawa.
4. Snack Midori.
5. Ōmori.
6. Sakaemachi, Naha, Okinawa.
7. 08:40am departure Haneda to Hong Kong.
Link to my books in bio.
#ginza #daywalking #nightwalking #fuji670gwii #lastmonth
Driving around China. 2007-2010.
While working on a couple of stories for National Geographic back when.
1. Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Forest of high rises under construction, at twilight.
2. Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
3. Shanxi, Gujiao. Trucks lined up to enter coal facility.
4. Ningxia, coal mountain.
5. Gujiao, Shanxi.
6. 300 meters underground, Shandong.
7. Western girl in China. Henan.
8. Taiyuan, early evening.
9. Wind turbine blades on expressway.
10. Wind turbine blades with China road map.
Link to my books in bio.
#longexposure #slidefilm #ontheroad #china #chinastory
Street things and window displays. 1977-1989.
Hong Kong, San Francisco, Tokyo, Vancouver. From various books and unpublished.
1. Bag of clocks, Hong Kong, 1983.
2. Three white shirts, Vancouver. 1981.
3. Jewellers window, Vancouver, 1977.
4. Figurine, Vancouver, 1981.
5. Kowloon Walled City, 1989.
6. Plants in window. 1981.
7. China Airlines office, San Francisco. 1982.
8. L. Vancouver, 1981; R. Tokyo, 1982.
#windowdisplay #secondhand #flaneur #photobook #slidefilm
