# MOMO TOKYO

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2017-06-11

book, japan, japanese-culture, momo, momo-tokyo, parker-woods, peach, photography, photos, phtoso, tokyo, uncategorized, vsco

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Last summer, photographer [Parker Woods](http://parker-woods.com/) spent two weeks walking over 100 miles in Tokyo with a peach-colored (”momo” in Japanese) backdrop and a metal c-stand. He used this accessory to “contextualize his first encounter with Japanese culture.”

In some cases, it functions as you would expect: as a backdrop for the new people that he encountered along his walking journey. 

But in other cases, the backdrop is simply inserted into the urban environment. Sometimes rolled up amongst a pile of metal tubes. And sometimes fully erected in the middle of a busy road.

This is an interesting photography project based in one of my favorite cities in the world, and so I wanted to share it on the blog. All of his photos were shot on Kodak film. It’s also giving me some ideas for [my own photos](https://www.instagram.com/donnelly_b/).

If you’d like to buy a copy of the book ($40), you can [do that here](http://shop.ransomltd.com/shop/momo-tokyo). There’s a limited run of only 250 copies. If you’d like to read a bit more about the project (and see a few additional photos), you can [do that here](http://vsco.co/artsandculture/journal/momo-tokyo) on VSCO.

_Image:_ [_Parker Woods_](http://shop.ransomltd.com/shop/momo-tokyo)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/momo-tokyo)*