Shinya Arimoto was born in 1971 in Osaka, Japan. Leading and supervising the artist-run 'Totem Pole Photo Gallery', and teaching photography at the Tokyo school of visual arts. Shinay is drawn to the square format, and is influenced by Lee Friedlander, Garry Winnogrand, Diane Arbus and the sixties.
His advice to stating Photographers; "Simply keep photographing, and sharing those photographs. It doesn’t matter how – exhibitions, in print, websites, anything."
Interested in extraordinary ordinary people and enjoying to connect with them set him off on his lengthly travels. Mostly presenting his street photography in beautifully graded black & white prints.
If you find yourself in Tokyo you might as well visit the 'Totem Pole Photo Gallery'.
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