SATO Shintaro. Born in 1969 in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography in 1992 and Waseda University School of Letters Arts and Sciences in 1995. Worked as a staff cameraman for Kyodo News for 7 years. Left Kyodo News in 2001. Present: Freelance photographer. Sato’s most recent work is his Tokyo Twilight Zone series, from which the above photo comes. This work was published as a monograph by Seigensha this past Summer. Two of Sato’s pieces are currently being exhibited at the Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas until January 4, 2009.

Signed copies of Tokyo Twilight Zone are available in the Japan Exposures bookstore.