Japan – abstract black and white photography by Bastien Pons
Japan is where silence becomes architecture. In this black and white series, Bastien Pons offers a contemplative, fragmented vision of Japan — one that focuses less on place than on presence.
From the quiet geometry of a Tokyo alley to the soft erosion of a Kyoto wall, the images strip away narrative to reveal texture, shadow, and absence. Nothing is explained. Everything suggests.
Shot over several journeys, the photographs avoid cliché and spectacle. Instead, they tune into the in-between: what fades, what cracks, what remains just out of reach. Time slows. Surfaces breathe.
Deeply influenced by musique concrète and a background in sound composition, Pons approaches Japan with an ear as much as with an eye — capturing images like field recordings: sparse, resonant, and full of hidden detail.
This series is not about Japan as destination, but as perceptual space — a place where the viewer is invited to pause, feel, and imagine.