Tokyo is full of photographs hiding in plain sight — repeating shapes, hard light, long shadows, reflections and people moving through carefully defined spaces.

Spend the morning exploring Ebisu, Roppongi and Yurakucho with Tokyo-based fine-art street photographer Laurence Bouchard, learning how to recognise those elements and turn ordinary urban scenes into photographs with structure, tension and visual impact.

Over four hours, Laurence will guide you through his approach to architecture, geometry, light and shadow, showing you how to simplify a busy scene, use people within architectural spaces and make more deliberate decisions about position, timing and framing.

While Laurence is known for striking minimalist black-and-white work, this isn’t a black-and-white-only workshop.

Colour, reflections, rain, silhouettes and changing light can all become part of the frame. The emphasis is on learning how to build photographs that feel intentional and visually strong, regardless of how you choose to process them afterwards.

Laurence’s approach sits within a long tradition of street photography built around observation, geometry and decisive timing — but the goal isn’t to imitate someone else’s style. It’s to understand why certain photographs work, recognise those possibilities more quickly and begin developing a stronger visual language of your own.

The workshop is suitable for photographers of all levels, with practical shooting throughout and direct feedback from Laurence as you work.