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About Lukasz Palka
Lukasz Palka (@lkazphoto) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel. The account has 31,062 followers and 945 published posts. Recent posts average 804 likes and 54 comments, an engagement rate of 2.53%.
With 31.1K followers, Lukasz Palka is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Lukasz Palka follows 2,360 accounts, so the audience is roughly 13 times the size of the list followed. Lukasz Palka uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Lukasz Palka under Photographer, with Travel as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Lukasz Palka runs to 12 words across 2 lines. The bio mentions @eyexplor. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Lukasz Palka dates from April 2026.
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All of the articles in the issue had interesting perspectives on Tokyo, but my favorite one was about Keirin, which is professional bicycle racing and one of the only forms of gambling legal in Japan. I spend a day at the Seibuen Velodrome in Saitama shooting the races with a telephoto lens from the stands.
In general, this was a very cool project that I got to work on! I was able to use some images from my archive but also have to shoot a lot of fresh material. It was a great foray into reportage/documentary for me, but my urban and street photography is heavily featured in the magazine as well. I guess over the years Iāve accumulated images that are relevant to many aspects of Tokyo.
Here are some of my favorite photos that were featured in the magazine!
#tokyo #documentary #thepassenger #reportage #streetphotography
This is not a PR plug or anything, I'm just proud of this one! Iāve been wanting to share this for a while and kept forgetting to do so. Iām often surprised where my images end up being used, and this is one of the coolest instances. I sent them a few hundred images for consideration and I love their selection. The colors, the light, the rainā¦ love it. Now I need to make a trip out to Las Vegas and sit at that sushi bar!
Images 1-5 are my photos that are on display
Image 6 Ā© David Yeskel
Images 7-8 Ā© MGM Grand
#tokyo #neon #cyberpunk #streetphotography #lasvegas
The book features the distinctive perspectives of several acclaimed photographers who document the city's vibrant culture, bustling streets, and fleeting, intimate moments.
Here, we are featuring the work of Lukasz Palka.
'I've found over the years that just being out there on the streets for a few hours leads to creativity,' reflects Palka.
Born in Poland, raised in the U.S., and living in Tokyo since 2008, Palka focuses on the layered complexity of the metropolis ā drawing inspiration from photography legends like William Eggleston, Saul Leiter, and Alex Webb, alongside the cyberpunk visions of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell.
An essential volume for fans of Japan, photography enthusiasts, art lovers, and culture explorers, 'Now is Now Tokyo' presents the city as never before: diverse, surprising, and endlessly fascinating.
'Now is Now Tokyo' is available via the link in our bio.
Photos by:
#tokyo #rooftops #urbex #cybercity #cybervibe
In other news, I got a Nikon F5 and a bunch of rolls of CineStill (400 and 800). I'm looking forward to a novel path of expression... and wallet decimation.
#streetphotography #photography #tokyo #mindfulness #nowisnowtokyo
Anyway, these 18 images are ones that I considered for the book but didnāt make the cut.
The book is out now in the EU and will be out in North America and Japan on June 30th. Links in bio!
#tokyo #streetphotography #neonoir #cinematic #nowisnowtokyo
It was difficult to select only 10 or so photos. Whereas in TOKYO UNSEEN I had 180 pages to myself, I now had to really distil a vision into only a few images. I struggle with this because I donāt really pigeonhole myself into a single sub-genre of photography, let alone a style of street photography.
One avenue was to go down this road of Tokyo life. I really love the scenes in this set. I think my favorite image is the one of the man playing with the kendama. I watched him for a few minutes with varying levels of success from both of usāhim landing the ball on the peg, and me timing the shot with my Ricoh. Eventually, the decisive moment was one of anticipation, where the ball is still in flight. Will it land?
A close second is the woman working in the lottery ticket booth. I love how her red lips fit neatly into the circle. It would have made a nice diptych with the woman putting on her lipstick on the stairs. Or perhaps that would have gone well with the umbrella woman leaving a trail of chaos behind her (it was the wind, of course). Itās fun to think about!
Anyway, I guess Iāll save these for another book.
#streetphotography #tokyo #nowisnowtokyo #decisivemoment #japan
Now is Now Tokyo, an anthology of street photography from the metropolis, will be released on April 29th in Europe and in the US and Japan on June 30th, both online and in book stores. Check the link in my profile!
When teNeues first approached me with this project over a year ago I was honored that they would ask me to work on another book of street photography from Tokyo. They were very happy with how TOKYO UNSEEN did the year before, but this time they wanted me to not only show my own work but to bring together a range of Tokyoās street photographers and curate this next book.
Wow. I had never done something like this before. Suddenly a lot of responsibility weighed heavily on my shoulders, but of course I hid my apprehensions and agreed. This was an amazing opportunity, so of course I had to say āyesā. Today the hard work comes to fruition, and the book is about to be released. And still I am worried about how it will be received. I feel the urge to explain it, to tell everyone what I was thinking. I should refrain from that, at least for now. The work should speak for itself.
I believe in all of the talented photographers who are represented in the book, some well-known, some new to a larger audience. But all of them are voices from this great metropolis that is Tokyo. Whether the city inspires us profoundly or merely the place where we find ourselves, it is in a sense, the canvas on which we work.
The 18 photographers shown in this book each weave their own authentic view of the city. I hope you find them all enthralling!
These are the talents featured in Now is Now Tokyo:
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(image 5 and 12)
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#streetphotography #tokyo #tokyostreets #urban #NowIsNowTokyo
Photography became intrinsic, instinctual, a part of every-day lifeālike breathing. It was no longer just something for special occasions. Every walk from my place to the station was a visual and mindful praxis. Each time I returned at night I took the long way home, passing through the nightlife enclaves of Ikebukuroāanother chance to see, to photograph.
Ikebukuro is where I learned that the mundane is not so mundane. A dented pipe, a bare wall saturated with color, a decrepit parking lot, a hazy sunset over the urban expanse, a man smoking in darknessā¦ Ikebukuro taught me that all is sacred when we truly see it. The cameraās only purpose is to save what we have seen for later consumption.
When I come back to Ikebukuro from time to time, I see it has not changed as much as the rest of Tokyo (though it is not unscathed). Whereas Shibuya has largely become a soulless theme park for tourists, Ikebukuro is still the raw, filthy, urban district that it was when I first got there over a decade ago. Though Iām sure even then it was already a shadow of what it was back in the 90s or the 80sā¦ before my time. Aw well.
So, here are twenty photos in variety of genres, from myriad perspectives, of Ikebukuro.
If youād like to read more about my ramblings on mindfulness and seeing, check out my blog posts āLearning How to Seeā and āStreet Photography, Mindfulness, Zen, and Flowā on
#tokyo #ikebukuro #streetphotography #tokyounseen #urbanphotography
And yet here we are 10 years later, still going strong. So, here are some stats (I love me some good stats):
Iāve led 1,206 workshops since we started (technically in late 2015). That amounts to a total of 3,664 hours of workshop time. On those workshops Iāve met 2,393 people (but plenty of repeat clients in there).
We get great reviews too, pretty much 100% 5 stars, and plenty of repeat customers. Wow. I never really looked at these numbers in aggregate.
And thatās just me. Thatās not counting the rest of our team at
(And yes, I have all these numbers because I am somewhat of an autist and keep everything in a very meticulous spreadsheet š š )
Iām proud of these last 10 years. I like to think that we provide something that makes people happy. I hope thatās true. And looking back at a decade of this work puts into perspective the impact Iāve had personally, and three EYExplore has had as a team. Itās not curing cancer, but itās making the world a little bit better. At least I hope so!
Anyway, here are some recent photos, all taken during recent workshops. (And three of them will be in my upcoming bookā¦ but more on that later.)
#streetphotography #tokyounseen #photoworkshops #phototours #japan
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Lukasz Palka (@lkazphoto) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel. Lukasz Palka uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Lukasz Palka runs to 12 words across 2 lines.
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Lukasz Palka has 31,062 followers on Instagram (31.1K). Lukasz Palka follows 2,360 accounts, so the audience is roughly 13 times the size of the list followed. Lukasz Palka has built a substantial archive of 945 posts.
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Lukasz Palka's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.53%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 40 followers. An average post collects 804 likes and 54 comments, close to 15 likes for each comment.
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