Lance Shields
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Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph

Painted in Kyoto Light

I hadn't been to Kyoto, my favorite city, for several years. Most of all I missed the light of Kyoto that paints the river, trees, temples, and streets with a blue-green luster. I took the bullet train down from Tokyo to stay in a guest house and spent three days alone wandering around. Japan still in pandemic, the city felt strangely quiet and empty. I walked randomly around the old city and shot whatever Kyoto seemed to be quietly telling me to take. More than pictures on film these are vignettes discovered by looking.

Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph
Painted in Kyoto Light photograph