A lone figure in a red helmet beside a glowing monolith on a rain-soaked neon street

Photography · Meridian Gallery, Tokyo

Meridian

A field guide to the neon century — fifty photographers on the cities we haven’t built yet.

On view through 28 June · Open dusk till late

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The work

Every frame was shot after midnight, in the half-hour when a city stops performing and starts leaking light. No renders, no composites — long exposures and patient people on wet streets.

Neon alley in Tokyo at night

Neon

Rain-slicked street glowing with signage
Red-lit street after rain
Neon shopfronts on a night street
Deserted neon boulevard
Lantern-lit backstreet in the rain
Vertical neon signage over a lane

Rain

Reflections on a rain-soaked road
Purple skyline mirrored on water

2087

Dense futuristic skyline at night
Silhouette against a neon light installation
Figure lit by drifting neon
Portrait under city bokeh
Illuminated signage at night
Figure against the last light on the horizon

Noir

Red neon lantern sign in an alley

Visiting

The gallery keeps its lights low on purpose. Come back after dark — every picture here was made to be read by the same neon it was taken in.