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Feb 11, 2026 10 min

Footsteps Weave Photos: Sohei Nishino’s Diorama Maps

from Photography and Walking Hosted by Philippe Guillaume. Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.

Photography is never neutral. Every image comes from a position, a distance, a moment chosen instead of another. Walking works the same way. Each step frames the world, shaping what comes into view and what falls away. In this episode of Photography and Walking, we look at Sohei Nishino’s Diorama Maps — large photographic works assembled from thousands of images gathered while walking cities for extended periods of time. These maps don’t describe cities as they are planned. They assemble them as they are lived. Moving between panoramic views and intimate details, Nishino’s work reveals the city as an accumulation of footsteps, pauses, and returns — a fabric woven from experience rather than from coordinates. Images and sources for this episode are available on the episode page at photographyandwalking.com. La photographie n’est jamais neutre. Chaque image provient d’une position, d’une distance, d’un moment choisi plutôt qu’un autre. La marche fonctionne de la même manière. Chaque pas cadre le monde, déterminant ce qui entre dans le champ et ce qui s’en échappe. Dans cet épisode de Photography and Walking, nous nous penchons sur les Diorama Maps de Sohei Nishino — de vastes œuvres photographiques assemblées à partir de milliers d’images prises en marchant dans des villes pendant des périodes prolongées. Ces cartes ne décrivent pas les villes telles qu’elles sont planifiées. Elles les assemblent telles qu’elles sont vécues. Oscillant entre vues panoramiques et détails intimes, le travail de Nishino révèle la ville comme une accumulation de pas, de pauses et de retours — une trame tissée par l’expérience plutôt que par les coordonnées. Les images et les sources de cet épisode sont disponibles sur la page de l’épisode à photographyandwalking.com. Related images and references: photographyandwalking.com — Music: “Beat ’em with Rhythm” by Victor Natas, edited for this podcast (CC BY 4.0, Freesound.org). Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.

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Photography is never neutral. Every image comes from a position, a distance, a moment chosen instead of another. Walking works the same way. Each step frames the world, shaping what comes into view and what falls away. In this episode of Photography and Walking, we look at Sohei Nishino’s Diorama Maps — large photographic works assembled from thousands of images gathered while walking cities for extended periods of time. These maps don’t describe cities as they are planned. They assemble the...

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