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Armin Frindik®
Blue Skyline R34 beside a city bus on a night street
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Tokyo Notebook

Client
Personal work
Year
2025
Role
Photography
Location
Tokyo
Camera
Sony A7C / Sony 16–35mm F2.8 GM II

Tokyo after dark and early in the morning: street machines under neon, fish markets, counters and the cooks who keep the city fed.

Photography
Armin Frindik
Neon-lit side street in Shinjuku at night
Frame 01Sony A7C / Sony 16–35mm F2.8 GM II / 16mm / f/2.8 / 1/100 / ISO 160
Blue Nissan Skyline parked beneath a neon-lit department store
Frame 02Sony A7C / Sony 16–35mm F2.8 GM II / 16mm / f/2.8 / 1/160 / ISO 250
“The city never stops moving. The trick is to stand still in it.”
Silver Nissan GT-R streaking past neon signs in motion blur
Frame 03Sony A7C / Sony 16–35mm F2.8 GM II / 35mm / f/4 / 1/5 / ISO 100
Cyclist on a quiet residential street in daylight
Frame 04Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 31mm / f/2.8 / 1/250 / ISO 250
Chef at the pass of an open kitchen
Frame 05Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/6.3 / 1/8 / ISO 100
“Every counter is a stage, and every cook knows it.”
Blue Skyline R34 beside a city bus on a night street
Frame 06Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 59mm / f/3.2 / 1/60 / ISO 640
Driver at the open boot of a blue Skyline under city lights
Frame 07Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/4.5 / 1/4 / ISO 100
Chef in whites beside a vending machine, black and white
Frame 08Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 60mm / f/4 / 1/160 / ISO 100
Delivery rider on a scooter in traffic
Frame 09Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/4.5 / 1/200 / ISO 100
Shrine lanterns drawn into streaks by a moving camera
Frame 10Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 32mm / f/10 / 1/2 / ISO 100
Passer-by in shadow beside a parked car
Frame 11Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 75mm / f/2.8 / 1/30 / ISO 200
Deer under autumn trees in Nara park at golden hour
Frame 12Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/4.5 / 1/200 / ISO 100
Fishmonger slicing a block of tuna
Frame 13Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/2.8 / 1/320 / ISO 200
Fishmonger cutting a tuna loin with a long knife
Frame 14Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/3.2 / 1/160 / ISO 200
Street cook in a headband ladling broth at a market stall
Frame 15Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/5 / 1/50 / ISO 200
Chef plating with chopsticks at a counter
Frame 16Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 33mm / f/2.8 / 1/160 / ISO 2500
Chef seasoning a dish under warm light
Frame 17Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 41mm / f/2.8 / 1/160 / ISO 3200
Vendor arranging seafood at a market stall
Frame 18Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/4 / 1/60 / ISO 125
Chef in a toque on a rainy evening street
Frame 19Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/2.8 / 1/160 / ISO 4000
Woman in kimono by a window, black and white
Frame 20Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 37mm / f/4 / 1/160 / ISO 3200
Izakaya storefront glowing at night
Frame 21Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 68mm / f/2.8 / 1/160 / ISO 2000
Go-karts and taxis at a neon crossing
Frame 22Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 75mm / f/3.2 / 1/160 / ISO 1600
Blue race car in Pilot livery on a narrow street
Frame 23Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 41mm / f/4 / 1/160 / ISO 100
Ceramic plate and chopsticks on a wooden counter, from above
Frame 24Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 37mm / f/2.8 / 1/160 / ISO 1600
Sushi chef slicing fish at a counter
Frame 25Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 28mm / f/4 / 1/160 / ISO 1000
Commuters crossing a station corridor
Frame 26Sony A7C / Tamron 28–75mm F2.8 / 42mm / f/4 / 1/400 / ISO 320
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