During the 1970s photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki prowled the parks of Tokyo at night armed with a 35mm camera, infrared film and flash. His images reveal the hidden Tokyo, couples and groups freed from the constraints of life by the blanket cover of night. Clandestine trysts, onlookers hiding in bushes and those moved to participate are captured by his camera.
Each park, it seems, had its area of specialization. The pictures Yoshiyuki shot between 1978 and 1979, focusing on homosexual encounters, unfold amid wide-open vistas. The slim young men and the trees they lean against while cruising, groping, or otherwise enjoying the attentions of (sometimes multiple) companions form a series of coolly elegant verticals.
The Park
Gelatin Silver Print
1973
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