THE BLUE HOUR

City light and quiet roads across Japan — photographed in the slow minutes when day turns to night.

35°41′N 139°41′E
EST. 2014 · TOKYO
SELECTED WORKS 014—026

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I photograph the hours that refuse to be hurried — where the light writes the frame.

Approach

Available light, patience, minimal intervention. The city sets the pace; the camera waits for the hour.

Format

Digital, made in the blue and golden hours. Printed archival, exhibited large.

Based

Tokyo, Japan. Available worldwide for editorial, travel and commercial commissions.

Selected
Frames

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Bodies of work

About

Kohei Kutomi is a photographer based in Tokyo, working across the cities, shrines and back roads of Japan.

His frames are made in the turning light of dawn and dusk — the blue hour over the skyline, lanterns warming along Nakamise, an empty coast road at first light. He shoots the country slowly, often returning to a place until the weather and the hour finally agree.

His work moves between neon nightscapes and long road journeys, looking for the quiet moment in the middle of a restless city.

Years shooting

Cities & roads

Exhibitions

Contact

Let’s make
something still.

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