FrancescaAllen’s series documents the startlingly intense month she spent in Tokyo photographing a new friend, musician AyaGloomy
This month-long immersion in Tokyo life – a relentless, riotous stimulation of the senses – is the subject of her new book,, which is published by Libraryman and launches today at London’s Tenderbooks.
“I wanted to show intimacy without using nudity as a tool. I love shooting nudes, but it’s only necessary when it’s necessary – that alone doesn’t equate to closeness.”Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the nature of her stay, Allen’s return to London was something of a shock to her shattered senses. She put it off until the very last minute. “Aya texted me the night before I left and said ‘I want to see you again before you go’ – this was at midnight, maybe one in the morning.
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