{"id":6164,"date":"2012-03-20T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=6164"},"modified":"2012-03-20T10:32:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T17:32:01","slug":"street-photography-essay-160-yen-by-fabrizio-quagliuso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/20\/street-photography-essay-160-yen-by-fabrizio-quagliuso\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Photography Essay: “160 Yen” by Fabrizio Quagliuso"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eric’s Note<\/span><\/strong>: I am very pleased to share the work of Fabrizio Q<\/a> on the blog this week. I met Fabrizio while I was in London, and saw his “160 Yen” series – a project he worked on while living in Tokyo. It is a strong project full of the\u00c2\u00a0idiosyncrasies\u00c2\u00a0of Japanese life– all jammed inside the Tokyo Yamanote Line. See more about Fabrizio and the project below.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

160 yen<\/h2>\n

<\/strong>Fabrizio<\/strong>: I have always been fascinated by the pulse of Tokyo life, by its pure, elemental energy, by how the city and its inhabitants embrace each other like partners in a dance: naturally, gracefully, in perfect unison.<\/p>\n

In April 2010 I had the opportunity to spend a whole month in this great city. While I had been shooting in the streets there previously for photographic projects, this time I set off with a very precise purpose – documenting the countless aspects of Tokyo life by photographing commuters throughout the day.
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\"Fabrizio<\/a><\/p>\n

Commuters live in a peculiar, fleeting condition. Suspended between places and physically intimately close but each in his own world, they are hypnotised by the rhythmic rattle of the rails, by the soulless voice of announcements or by their mobile phones, lost in thoughts in an eventless daily routine. Only occasionally a sparkle, a fragment of real life is revealed. I believe this is the essence of commuting and these are the stories I strived to capture.<\/p>\n

\"Fabrizio<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing better than the Tokyo Yamanote Line could fit my idea. The Yamanote Line is Tokyo’s busiest commuter rail line, looping around 29 stations and carrying over 3.5 million people per day. By simply staying on the line from the first train to the last, traveling round and round, as the day progressed I could experience the myriad facets of Tokyo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life \u00e2\u20ac\u201c each moment carrying a tale, a drama, a lie, a truth, a dream \u00e2\u20ac\u201c unfolding before my eyes.<\/p>\n

\"Fabrizio<\/a><\/p>\n

During the month, I spent an average of four to five\u00c2\u00a0hours per day \u00e2\u20ac\u0153looping around\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the Yamanote line circle and at the end of a long selection and editing process I ended up with the 70 photographs that made the final version of the project.<\/p>\n

\"Fabrizio<\/a><\/p>\n

The title \u00e2\u20ac\u0153160yen\u00e2\u20ac\u009d comes from the price of the Yamanote line ticket.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A circle is a line that never ends, until you find a reason to get off\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

More\u00c2\u00a0photographs\u00c2\u00a0from “160 Yen”<\/h2>\n

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The\u00c2\u00a0 whole 160yen series is made of 70 photos – see the rest of the series here:\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.fabrizioq.com\/yamanote.html<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n

Also check out the Blurb book Fabrizio has made here:\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.blurb.com\/bookstore\/detail\/1540201<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n

Biography<\/h2>\n

Fabrizio was born in Italy. After graduating from university, he left Italy and currently lives in London (UK).\u00c2\u00a0Fabrizio has always been passionate about visual arts, and photography in particular. For the past five years he has totally devoted himself to street photography, a passion that stemmed from his natural curiosity and his fondness for observing life unfolding around him.<\/p>\n

Fabrizio’s photographs and writings have been featured on numerous photography magazines in UK, Italy, Japan and China, prestigious online blogs and his “Shine on Japan” work has been exhibited in various events in London and in Italy and has participated to various charity activities.<\/p>\n

Follow Fabrizio<\/h2>\n