TEXT & PHOTO: RYO KATSUMURA
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‘TOKYO’ is a photograph from my second photo zine, published in September 2026.
When we think of Tokyo, we naturally picture a bustling city filled with tourists from all over the world. Rather than presenting Tokyo through the eyes of a traveler, ‘TOKYO’ captures the vast city through the eyes of one photographer who lives here every day.
In cities abroad, the unfamiliar naturally appear fresh. But in Tokyo, the city where I live, I had to observe the streets with greater care and attention to discover ‘something good’ hidden within ordinary daily scenes.
Everyone and everything in Tokyo carries its own story and history. What I captured in my photographs is merely a tiny moment in those long-unfolding stories. I do not know what happened before that moment, nor how the story continued after. It is nothing special at all.
Yet in its own way, it is something good I simply felt, from the bottom of my heart, that it was truly ‘something good.’
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Ryo Katsumura is a photographer based in Tokyo. He takes photos with a quiet sense of trust and a feeling of ‘something good’ that remains the same within his feelings, even when the place changes. It could be said that he was drawn to nothing but the subtle presence that drifts through each city.