Man-machine: the tragicomic life of a Japanese office plankton
Categories: Asia
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/man-machine-the-tragicomic-life-of-a-japanese-office-plankton.htmlIndependent photographer David Tesinsky, working in the genre of street photography, aimed his lens at Japanese white-collar workers.
(26 photos in total)
Year after year, they regularly go out in the evening to have a drink with colleagues or clients, return home drunk at two in the morning to get up again at dawn and go to the office. Sometimes they even fall asleep right on the street, because they don't have money for a taxi, because they are just working cattle for huge corporations. Every day they work for 14 hours, and sometimes even more.
They walk the streets like ghosts, shutting themselves in, concentrating only on their career, which is not as good as it seems to them. "Another 5 years, and I will be transferred to a higher post in this pyramid, which has no end.""
Streets.
Friday night: falling asleep on the go.
We sleep outside after gatherings with colleagues or clients.
McDonald's is also an option.
Hanging out after work.
Hanging out after work.
Metro. Mood.
Metro. Waiting for the train.
On the break after work.
Because of work, many Japanese simply do not have time for a personal life.
I relaxed a little after a busy day.
Crowds.
Sleep.
Claustrophobics don't belong here.
Egocentricity, self—isolation is the norm.
To take a nap, any place will do.
People.
The evening of a difficult day.
And again the subway.
Evening walk.
Busy business district.
The box is full.
Late at night.
Reflections.
You work in an office…
Keywords: Office | Street photo | Photographer | Japan | Japanese
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