35mm Film Camera Black and White Photo Example

Project Title of Photography

Photography of the Other Side of Tokyo Japan

Series Title of Photography

Alley Series

*This category contains black and white 35mm film photographs of the “Alley” series in the “Series Title of Photography”.

Title of Photography

An alley with the remnants of the red-light district of the Edo period in Nihonbashi,Tokyo,Japan

Landscape and Architecture Photographing Location

NIHONBASHI TOKYO JAPAN

*In this category, black and white 35mm film photographs taken in “NIHONBASHI” in “TOKYO” in “JAPAN” in “Landscape and Architecture Photographing Location” are posted.

Shooting Data

Shooting Date：2/16/2021
Camera & Lens：PENTAX LX 35mm Film Camera SMC PENTAX-M 28mm F2.8 Lens
Film：Rollei Retro 80S 35mm Film Roll
Developer︰MQ type Developer. Increased Sodium Carbonate Ver.(High dilution and high acutance self-prepared developer)
Dilution︰15+20+215
Time︰24°C 10min
Agitation︰60/120/2
Digitize：SIGMA SD15 Digital Camera with Nikon Slide Copying Adapter ES-1

Thinking About This Photograph

 This photograph was taken at Nihonbashi-Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

 In the early Edo period (around 1600), Nihonbashi-Ningyocho had the largest red-light district in Japan called “Yoshiwara”.

 The area located on the east side of Ningyocho Station was a huge red-light district.

 After disappearing due to a fire, it moved to what is now Senzoku, Taito-ku, Tokyo.

 Today’s Nihonbashi Ningyocho has no remnants of that, and you can’t feel the atmosphere that was once crowded with many sex shop customers.

 However, if you walk around the city carefully, you will find alleys where you can feel the atmosphere.

 This alley is one of them.

 The narrow alleys, which are less than 2 meters wide, are lined with Japanese restaurants that have been open for a long time.

 The store where the beer cases in the foreground are piled up is a liquor store, which faces the street named “Omon-dori”, which was named after the “Yukaku” (red-light district) in the past.

 Even in the center of Japan called Nihonbashi, I am fascinated by the place where the old-fashioned atmosphere remains.