Honorable Mention TIFA 2025 Architecture / Cityscapes

Tokyo: Between Silence and Movement

  • Photographer
    Ilia Smirnov

This photo project is a look at Tokyo from the outside and from the inside. It is a city that breathes neon and silence, speed and tranquility. Every frame is a meeting of contrasts: ancient shrines among glass towers, street fashion in alleys where time seems to have stopped, and fleeting moments that slip away like a subway station in a train window. I tried not just to capture Tokyo as it used to be seen, but to capture its moods — the morning freshness in Yoyogi Park, loneliness in a capsule hotel, a flash of light in Shibui Alley, the thoughtfulness of a passerby in the rain. This is a c

My name is Ilya Smirnov. I love photographing many things, but I am primarily interested in urbanism of big cities, people, as well as fauna and flora. I would like to become a professional photographer in Tokyo More photographic works in my profile on 500px https://500px.com/p/smirnovip1992

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