Kiên Hoàng Lê travelled to Japan to complete his final dissertation for his studies of photojournalism and documentary photography. He searched for the perfect theme for five months before taking part in a workshop with Magnum photographer Antoine d’Agata. It was then that he accidentally discovered a little bar.
The Suna no Shiro bar lies hidden in the red-light and pleasure district of Tokyo, and is a meeting place for eccentrics, artists and outsiders. The atmosphere in the bar immediately captivated Kiên Hoàng Lê, and the workshop with Antoine d’Agata strengthened his conviction that he should follow his gut feeling when taking photographs. As a result, he put aside his medium format camera, and set about capturing the scene at the bar using a Leica M9 and a flash.
The Suna no Shiro bar lies hidden in the red-light and pleasure district of Tokyo, and is a meeting place for eccentrics, artists and outsiders. The atmosphere in the bar immediately captivated Kiên Hoàng Lê, and the workshop with Antoine d’Agata strengthened his conviction that he should follow his gut feeling when taking photographs. As a result, he put aside his medium format camera, and set about capturing the scene at the bar using a Leica M9 and a flash.












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