`I felt like I had seen the future`: capturing east Asian megacities
(The Guardian Japan)

Architectural photographer Cody Ellingham takes to the streets of Tokyo and Shanghai to reveal secrets old and newWith his moody night-time shots of urban environments, New Zealand-born photographer Cody Ellingham tries to tap into the current of a city, to travel forward into its future or retreat into the past.Ellingham, a creative based in Tokyo, came to photography while travelling through northern Japan shortly after it was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Volunteering in the town of Otsuchi-Cho in Iwate, he was moved to capture on camera the foundations of buildings and towns that had been exposed in the disaster and streets that no longer existed. Shooting with a Sony a7RII camera fitted with specialist architectural lenses, he began sharing his work on Instagram as @cbje_tokyo in earnest in 2016. Related: Quirky conveniences: the toilets of Tokyo - in pictures Continue reading...