urban species

by hiroshi yamauchi

How people live in modern metro areas seems almost universal among "Westernized" nations.

Elements of urban life, such as scheduled transportations, apartment complex, shopping malls,

on and under the surface streets, make residents of the areas operate in routine.

Manmade structures are composed in careful calculation with natural and artificial lights.

People blend in the city scape, theatrical yet inorganic, in figures. Photographing them made

Hiroshi Yamauchi feel like he was recording himself objectively and anonymously.