VoidTokyo · Co-Founder — Since 2017

Tadashi Onishi

Photographing the cityscape and street life combined with social nature — to find common ground between street and documentary photography in Tokyo.

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As part of his daily routine, Onishi documents the scenes before him through photography. While his journey began with street photography, his style has since evolved into a broader form of everyday snapshots that encompasses street photography.

When taking photos, he makes a conscious effort to set aside his own intentions and thoughts as much as possible; during the selection process, he captures the meaning that emerges from the photographs themselves, thereby defining them as Onishi's work.

Selected Works

An elderly woman rests against a pillar as the city walks past

Layered reflections in a train window on the platform

A bag caught between the closing doors of a crowded train

A child asleep across a lap on a crowded train seat

A hand pressed against a fogged train window

Now & Next

Upcoming

2026Solo exhibition — Gola Gallery, Milan, Italy (Autumn — dates TBD)
2026Mexico Street Photo Fest — Querétaro, Mexico (Oct 23 – Nov 23)

Role

2017–Co-founder & founding member, VoidTokyo

Full CV — exhibitions, collections, books+

Solo Exhibitions

2025.11Journey Inwards — Gallery Homage, Osaka
2025.6Journey Inwards — Nikon Salon Shinjuku, Tokyo
2025.4The Lights of Greater Tokyo — CAMUZ, Uzbekistan
2023.9Shinjuku Parrot — Gallery Niepce, Yotsuya, Tokyo
2022.10Lost in Shinjuku 2 — Gallery Niepce, Yotsuya, Tokyo
2018.8–ROZOU project — Somewhere on the street in Tokyo
2018.11Street photography in artPotluck — studio d21, Tokyo
2018.8Lost in Shinjuku — Corigliano Calabro Fotografia, Italy
2018.5Transit Station — Nikon Salon Osaka
2018.4Transit Station — Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokyo
2018.3Lost in Shinjuku, CITY TALES — Euro Photo Festival, Legnano, Italy
2016.4Zebra The City — Konica Minolta Gallery, Tokyo

Public Collections

2025Contemporary Art Museum of Uzbekistan (CAMUZ) — 51 photographs from the series Tokyo Flicker (The Lights of Greater Tokyo)
2024Pushkin State Museum — 24 photographs from Zebra The City & COVID19

Books & Zines

2025.10Polytheism Mandala
2025.6Exhibition catalogue — Journey Inwards
2023.8Shinjuku Parrot
2022.4Connection #4
2021.1–Monthly zine project YEARS
2020.10Stoneage — photobook with full CD album
2019.8Exhibition catalogue — Enter the City 鼓動 (with Tatsuo Suzuki)
2019.6ROZOU zine #1
2019.1Orange covered zine (with Hiroyuki Nakada)
2018.4Exhibition catalogue — Transit Station
2017.10Lost in Shinjuku (dotART)
2016.4Exhibition catalogue — Zebra The City

Appears in

VoidTokyo Vol.1–Vol.11

Instagram @tadashionishi

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