Printed in a limited edition of 800 copies only; this is number 127/800. Hardcover in half linen (as issued). 165 x 240 mm. 104 pages. 69 tritone photos. Text in english. Meg Hewitt, born in 1973 in Sydney, Australia, studied sculpture, painting and media. Since 2010 she has dedicated herself to photography. “Tokyo is Yours“ is a black-and-white series that came into being between 2015 and 2017 during her travels through Tokyo. The cycle shows Hewitt’s deep reflection on Japan and the uncertainties and fragility that followed after the catastrophe in Fukushima. The ecological disaster of 2011 almost led to the evacuation of Tokyo, a city with more than 13 million residents. The title “Tokyo is yours” derives from a graffiti that had been written on the city wall. The photographer finds her inspiration in manga and movies. It is life in the streets of Tokyo that particularly interest her. in her photography she discovered Daido Moriyama, Masahisa Fukase, Anders Petersen and Jacob Aue Sobol, and felt an instant affinity with their images. "It is not simply the same because it is high contrast black-and-white", Hewitt says, "Daido has a speed and immediacy, a flow or outpouring of time and experience, the edit and sequence are important in his work. Fukase draws on a deep emotional connection and particularly in Ravens a transposition of his inner psyche into the world of the ravens. Jacob Aue Sobol focuses more on connection and intimacy with people, and Anders Petersen on both that connection and the strangeness of ordinary things. Meg Hewitt was chosen as the finalist for the Moran-Price for contemporary photography, the Head On Award, the Lensculture Street Photography Awards, the Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women in addition to winning a silver medal des Prix de la Photographie, Paris, 2016 and a medal at Tokyo International Foto Competition 2018. In 2017 she was named Fringe Artist of the Year at the Ballarat International Photo Biennale. In 2018 she was highly recommended in the Australian Photo Book of the Year.