The Black/White Series. Photos by Dennis A. Amith
This photo was taken 2.5 years after “Robot Restaurant” opened in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho area. 2015 to be exact. That January, the restaurant went up to over 150 seats (considering in 2012, they had only 40) and that very year, would be the first time the Read More …
With AnimeJapan happening this weekend in Tokyo, this week’s black and white photo series was taken at Anime Japan. Photo of these two beautiful cosplayers with their school girl outfit and leopard gloves/tail for promotional of an anime series titled “Killing Bites”.
I take a lot of train (densha) photos. Almost how people in the US take photos of cars, I guess because it’s transportation that people are much used to, one thing about trains in Japan, when you take a photo, you get something special. May Read More …
The following photo was shot a few days before Halloween in Ikebukuro, Japan. Saw these two young women together and everything was festive that day and being one of the few photographers outside of Japan covering the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival at the time, but Read More …
I was in San Francisco and finished interview and photo shoot with a Japanese music group. While walking out, I saw a guy taking photos of his female friend with his smartphone. One thing I like about street fashion photography is the element of meeting Read More …
I shot this photo from the Osanbashi in Yokohama (Kanagawa, Japan). With Minato Mirai 21 in the background, especially the Yokohama Landmark Tower, I watched as this young couple sat next to each other. The young woman watching ahead, while the young man contemplated holding Read More …
For the fourth photo in the Black/White Series featured, the photo is of Japanese music artist, May’n. The photo was shot at on location in San Francisco, right before her performance at Union Square and right after I was able to interview her. What was Read More …
The following photo was taken in San Francisco, right after my interview with KOM_I, who was at the time, the lead singer of the group, Wednesday Campanella. KOM_I is one of the most vibrant performers from Japan that I have interviewed and grateful that she Read More …
I shot this photo during a day I was doing street fashion shots from Shibuya, Japan. Sometimes it’s not just the person that I want to shoot, it’s the person and the environment. Why I enjoy this photo is because unlike other countries of street Read More …
This photo is of model/singer AKIRA which I took in San Francisco, California. AKIRA is known for her gothic boyish style and she sung the theme song “Aoki Tsuki Michite” for the Japanese animated TV series “Kuro Shitsuji Book of Circus”. My time with her Read More …