I’m not exactly sure what it is about this photograph, but it is one of my favourite’s I have ever taken.
I’ve printed it big, 50x33cm, and every time I look at it, I see something new and interesting to me. I love photographs, or any artwork for that matter, like that.
My wife and I were walking in the area of Tokyo around Yoyogi Park when we were caught in an intense downpour that slowed the city down and completely drenched us.
I’m not sure what was happening near to this overpass, but it had police officers staged as sentinels at all staircases up, and one in the middle watching the traffic. This was the same for each overpass along this road.
These officers stood still in the heavy rain, unmoved and like statues - their hats protected by a small pieces of plastic that resembled a showercap.
Looking further in to the photograph I noticed that the vehicle driving is covered in fallen cherry blossom, the individual rain droplets falling and the mirroring of the officers, standing still in the same way facing different directions.