Photo Archive

Photo Archive

This archive brings together years of published and unpublished work in one place. It includes ongoing coverage of life in Minneapolis, long-term projects like Minneapolis Uprising, and travel work from Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and elsewhere.

Where possible, images include captioning, dates, and location information to make the archive more useful as a long-term record.

Licensing and photo inquiries: chad@daviss.org

Recent Photography
Ticket Gates at Roppongi Station, Tokyo
McDelivery Scooters at McDonald’s in Japan
Nippori Station North Gate, Tokyo

Nippori Station North Gate, Tokyo

Passengers move through the North Gate of JR Nippori Station, a key interchange for the Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, and Joban lines as well as the…

JR Yamanote Line Sign, Tokyo

JR Yamanote Line Sign, Tokyo

A sign for the JR Yamanote Line displays the inner loop direction toward Tabata, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Shibuya. The familiar green design and “JY”…

Shinkansen N700A Series Livery Detail

Shinkansen N700A Series Livery Detail

This logo decal marks a Shinkansen N700A series train operated in Japan's high-speed rail network. The N700A, an upgraded version of the original N700…

Shinsekai Entertainment District, Osaka

Shinsekai Entertainment District, Osaka

Shinsekai, Osaka, Japan, is a historic entertainment district known for its dense clusters of restaurants, game parlors, and illuminated signage. Developed in 1912, the…

Coca-Cola Vending Machine, Osaka

Coca-Cola Vending Machine, Osaka

Coca-Cola vending machines on a street in Osaka, Japan, offer drinks and a local area map for nearby pedestrians. Vending machines are widely used…

Yasaka Shrine Chochin Lanterns, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine Chochin Lanterns, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto displays rows of white chochin lanterns beneath the shrine eaves. These paper lanterns are commonly donated as offerings and are…

Prada Storefront, Kyoto

Prada Storefront, Kyoto

Prada storefront in Kyoto, Japan. The luxury fashion house, founded in 1913, operates boutiques worldwide for handbags, clothing, and accessories. This Kyoto location features…

Diesel Storefront, Kyoto, Japan

Diesel Storefront, Kyoto, Japan

Diesel storefront in Kyoto, Japan, with its security shutters closed. The fashion retailer’s branding remains visible above the closed entrance.

Yasaka Shrine Tōrō, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine Tōrō, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, is known for its rows of donated tōrō lanterns. The shrine, also called Gion Shrine, is closely associated with…

Yasaka Shrine Lantern Stand, Kyoto
Yasaka Shrine Lanterns, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine Lanterns, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto’s Gion district is known for rows of donated chochin lanterns hung beneath the shrine eaves. The lanterns are inscribed with…

Nippondo Building Corner, Kyoto

Nippondo Building Corner, Kyoto

Nippondo Building, Kyoto, Japan. The corner commercial building appears to house a small business and sits beside another low-rise structure along a street with…

Alley off Hanamikoji-dori, Gion, Kyoto

Alley off Hanamikoji-dori, Gion, Kyoto

A narrow side alley branching off Hanamikoji-dori in Kyoto’s Gion district, photographed in March 2023. This historic area is known for its preserved machiya…

Vintage Japanese Post Box, Kyoto

Vintage Japanese Post Box, Kyoto

A cylindrical orange post box on a street in Kyoto, photographed in March 2023. This style of mailbox—introduced in the early 1900s during Japan’s…

Tokyo Convenience Store Aisle

Tokyo Convenience Store Aisle

A well-stocked aisle inside a convenience store in Tokyo, photographed in March 2023. Japan’s major chains—such as Lawson, FamilyMart, and 7-Eleven—are known for their…

Osaka Shokuhin Sampuru Dessert Display

Osaka Shokuhin Sampuru Dessert Display

A display of shokuhin sampuru—hyper-realistic plastic food models—outside a café in Osaka. These handcrafted replicas have been a fixture of Japanese dining culture since…

Train Platforms at Kyoto Station, Kyoto

Train Platforms at Kyoto Station, Kyoto

Kyoto Station, located in central Kyoto, Japan, is one of the country's largest transportation hubs, serving Shinkansen, JR West, JR Central, and several private…

Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station, Tozai Line

Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station, Tozai Line

A quiet moment inside the Kyoto City Subway at Shiyakusho-mae Station, where the red-lined doors and bright vending machines reflect the city’s clean, orderly…

Marunouchi Line Train at Ikebukuro Approach
Gigo Akihabara Crane Game Floor, Tokyo

Gigo Akihabara Crane Game Floor, Tokyo

Inside the multi-floor Gigo arcade complex in Akihabara, photographed in March 2023, rows of brightly lit crane and prize machines fill an entire level…

Yodobashi-Akiba Entrance, Akihabara, Tokyo

Yodobashi-Akiba Entrance, Akihabara, Tokyo

Yodobashi-Akiba, photographed in March 2023, is one of Tokyo’s largest electronics retail complexes and a major landmark in the Akihabara district. Opened in 2005…

Gucci Ginza storefront, Tokyo

Gucci Ginza storefront, Tokyo

Marathon runners outside the Gucci flagship store in Tokyo’s Ginza district, their reflections merging with the pale blue marble of the storefront’s curved glass…

Tohoku Gyozabou, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Tohoku Gyozabou, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Tohoku Gyozabou, located just east of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, is one of many small neighborhood restaurants that serve the area’s mix of office…

Central Road Crossing, Kabukichō, Tokyo

Central Road Crossing, Kabukichō, Tokyo

A delivery scooter moves through the large scramble crossing on Central Road in Kabukichō, one of Shinjuku’s busiest commercial corridors. This stretch of the…

Tokyo Taxi at a Kabukichō Crossing

Tokyo Taxi at a Kabukichō Crossing

A Tokyo taxi waits at a crossing in Kabukichō, the entertainment district of Shinjuku known for its dense concentration of restaurants, bars, and late-night…

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