Japanese photographer Tokihiro Sato makes beautiful photographs using light sources and long exposures

‘#170 Manji’ – Gelatin-silver print or black and white transparency over light panel – 1992

‘Nikko #1’ – Gelatin-silver print or black and white transparency over light panel – 2001

‘#87 Shibuya’ – Gelatin-silver print or black and white transparency over light panel – 1990

‘#272 Koto-ku Aomi’ – Gelatin-silver print or black and white transparency over light panel – 1996

‘Numa #1’ – Gelatin-silver print or black and white transparency over light panel – 1999
Tokihiro Sato is a very well-known artist who since the early 1980s has been using photography to express his art. His work has been exhibited widely, in both solo and group exhibitions, mainly across Japan and America.
● By Rose Arnold
















