Czech-Born Architect And Photographer Jan Vranovsky Captures Fascinating Minimalist Images Of Japanese Urban Spaces

Jan Vranovsky is a Czech-born architect, designer and photographer currently living in Tokyo. His series Parallel World is a visual record of contemporary Japanese urban spaces. Interested in how architecture defines the face of the city, his photographs focus on tiny backstreets and alleys, as opposed to architecture with conceptual and aesthetic ambitions.

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