Tokyo Shibuya

Where 3 Million People Pass Every Day

Three million people move through this place every day. They know exactly where they’re going. The station flows with a kind of impossible logic, hundreds of exit signs, dozens of platforms, thousands of people in motion all at once and it all works.

Tokyo was the first city in what would become the Virtual Journeys series. When looking through the images I noticed scenes that were familiar yet different. I started to notice similarities between what I encountered daily in Rotterdam and what people were doing over 9000Kms away. I started to realise that we are all humans trying to live our lives and doing so in similar fashion. We are all doing the same things. Our ways are not that different after all.

The 42 collages I made from those photos were created to transfer that feeling.

About the Virtual Journeys series

This is part of the Virtual Journeys project, a series of urban walks translated into graphic novel pages. Between 1000 to 1500 photo’s made on a city walk that shows familiar scenes in unfamiliar places. On average I make one photo every 10 seconds.

The photo’s are selected, cut-up and processed to create a graphical novel experience. Reduced photo-realism and colours remove distractions and enhance the scene.

These are stories about life in a city that is very close to our own life. Showing that all over the world we are doing the same things.

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Editions & Pricing

Collector Edition
The definitive edition for serious collectors.

Limited edition of 10 per image — price rises as the edition fills.

Edition numbersPrice
1 – 3€700
4 – 6€850
7 – 10€1,000
  • Signed and numbered
  • Certificate of Authenticity
  • Archival Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
  • 80 × 120 cm / 31 × 47 inch

Early editions are the best value — and once they’re gone, they’re gone..

Fine Art Edition €199
An accessible entry point into the series.

  • Open edition fine art print
  • Premium fine art paper, 285gsm
  • 60 × 90 cm / 24 × 36 inch
  • Ships worldwide

Select an image below to see its current edition status and order.

All 42 pages in this series