I've gotten lots of recognition for my NYC street photography (which I take exclusively with an iPhone). My work has been featured in many magazines (both print and online) and photo exhibitions all over the world (including Berlin, New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta). I was also a featured guest at two different NYC Apple Stores.

 

I am also a co-teacher (with Sion Fullana) of the Mobile Photo Workshops, where we focus on storytelling. I've also been hired to shoot events (with an iPhone), written about mobile photography, and have been used as a consultant on apps.

 

Hope you enjoy what you see here, and please leave comments as I love to hear them!

 

- Anton

 

Please visit my website.

Check out my About.me page.

Follow me on Twitter.

Hear what I listen to on my Last.fm profile.

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  • JoinedFebruary 2006
  • OccupationPhotographer/Writer/Editor/Social media manager/Instructor
  • Current cityBrooklyn
  • CountryUSA
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Photos of Anton Kawasaki

Testimonials

Anton's work really speaks for itself. He is an excellent observer of human nature down in the streets of New York and never ceases to capture that decisive moment we all look for in a portrait. He is also not afraid to turn the camera back on himself and show us the life him and Sion lead. His work exubes emotion and … Read more

Anton's work really speaks for itself. He is an excellent observer of human nature down in the streets of New York and never ceases to capture that decisive moment we all look for in a portrait. He is also not afraid to turn the camera back on himself and show us the life him and Sion lead. His work exubes emotion and narrative and it is a sheer joy to see what he will capture next. I am gratefull to have found his stream and am honoured to be called a contact. Anton, keep up the good work!

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October 21, 2009
Fanboy30 says:

An honest man, one never to shy away from making a fool of himself or telling the world how annoyed or scared he is about something. Along with his boyfriend Sion, they show us the real New York and all its colorful glory and gritty undertones. Anton is probably one of the strongest people I have come into contact (i… Read more

An honest man, one never to shy away from making a fool of himself or telling the world how annoyed or scared he is about something. Along with his boyfriend Sion, they show us the real New York and all its colorful glory and gritty undertones. Anton is probably one of the strongest people I have come into contact (in a virtual sense) and its that strength which I admire. Sometimes events in our lives give us more reason to live and fight for what we want. Just from visiting his photostream I am more comfortable with who I am. So I would like to thank him for that with this testimonial. One last thing that is very important about Anton is that he is a geek, he has my dream job which he claims is hard but come on how difficult is it to read comics all day :P

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August 12, 2009

When I started on Flickr (and got immediately addicted to it) almost a year ago, my boyfriend Anton used to make fun of me about it and how obsessed I was with it. Months later, he opened this account... and promised he would never be of the ones posting daily and getting hooked to it... How glad I am he couldn't stick… Read more

When I started on Flickr (and got immediately addicted to it) almost a year ago, my boyfriend Anton used to make fun of me about it and how obsessed I was with it. Months later, he opened this account... and promised he would never be of the ones posting daily and getting hooked to it... How glad I am he couldn't stick to his word... For a trip to Anton's photostream is an open window to a New York only seen by the keen soul of a true New Yorker who loves his city and the people that walk and breathe it. I love to realize how day after day Anton is climbing a new step with his photography, drifting away from his initial insecurities and achieving poetic, interesting and compelling fragments of reality, full of a heart only rivaled by his own. And the facts that he's relying only (or mostly) on his iPhone to do so, and that he has to break through the disadvantage that walking in his crutches may have for his steady pulse, make me admire him and his style even more.

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June 4, 2009
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Anton's photography exhibits an incredible sense of emotion, each image capturing not so much a moment in time as an entire storybook full of sentiments and concepts. Perhaps his photography is impacted by his work (at DC Comics), with every photo acting as a frame through which Anton weaves intricate narrations. His u… Read more

Anton's photography exhibits an incredible sense of emotion, each image capturing not so much a moment in time as an entire storybook full of sentiments and concepts. Perhaps his photography is impacted by his work (at DC Comics), with every photo acting as a frame through which Anton weaves intricate narrations. His use of "only" an iPhone or a point-and-shoot camera allows for the capture of most heartfelt, honest, and reticent of moments, something which lenses and camera bodies often prove incapable of. Without a doubt, these photos are some of the most striking I have seen.

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April 28, 2009

Let me start off first by saying: He has the BEST porn name ever. I mean really. Anton Kawasaki. It's like, the best foreign porn name ever, so you know, it's classy even. As for the photographs...phenomenal, sweet, touching, fabulous, real, (not reality tv real, the real world real), moving, and thought provo… Read more

Let me start off first by saying: He has the BEST porn name ever. I mean really. Anton Kawasaki. It's like, the best foreign porn name ever, so you know, it's classy even. As for the photographs...phenomenal, sweet, touching, fabulous, real, (not reality tv real, the real world real), moving, and thought provoking. From his PHONE. He takes better pictures with his PHONE than I do with my camera. I am a huge fan of his and he has me almost completely convinced that he is a huge fan of mine as well with very thoughtful and genuine kind words. Definitely a photostream worth stalking.

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April 23, 2009

Anton works wonders with his little iPhone. I find his street images so compelling, the characters he spots are exquisite and unique. To me his images capture the softness and innocence on the streets of NYC, which is a side of NY that I think is so rarely seen. I think Anton's work is proof that the old maxim 'it ain'… Read more

Anton works wonders with his little iPhone. I find his street images so compelling, the characters he spots are exquisite and unique. To me his images capture the softness and innocence on the streets of NYC, which is a side of NY that I think is so rarely seen. I think Anton's work is proof that the old maxim 'it ain't the tools, it's the talent' is alive and well. Really, really nice work.

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April 18, 2009