Hallucination City, Tokyo

Photographer

Masaaki Toyoyoshi

Category

International Photography - Japan Photography

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2024

Country / Region:

Japan

I am visually impaired due to glaucoma, and I have almost completely lost vision in my left eye. My right eye is also affected, with approximately 30% of my field of vision lost. I experience symptoms such as a confusion of depth perception and hallucinations, which cause distant objects to appear close and nonexistent objects to appear real. I am also sensitive to light, and the colors I see change depending on light sources such as sunlight, car headlights, and shop window lights. The Tokyo I see is different from that seen by those with normal vision. I have expressed these everyday scenes using multiple exposure photography.