Tokyo photographer Natsumi Hayashi’s self-portraits are sparking an Internet sensation and garnering attention all over the globe. In each image she appears to be levitating — an effect she achieves by jumping up and down as many as 300 times in an effort to get the perfect shot. She says, she has to jump and try so many times before the picture she is happy with is taken. These pictures are not photoshopped or computer enhanced, they are real pictures that are taken with many jumping tries.
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This photograph below was taken at the entrance of an abandoned clinic in Tokyo. “I can easily fall when I levitate in this pose,” Natsumi Hayashi said.
Up in the Air with Food Plate
Here Hayashi seems to float across a restaurant in the suburbs of Tokyo. She said the biggest challenge with this photo was keeping the bread rolls flat on the plate in her hands. It seems like she is saying here is your order!
Up in Empty Entrace Way
This is one of my favorite images by Natsumi, it seems so magical to me.Another fitting spot for a change in elevation: Natsumi Hayashi took this photo at the entrance to escalators in the suburbs of Tokyo and it simply shows the genius behind such a creativity.
I can Fly
Here Natsumi seems to be saying: “I do not need to take train to go anywhere, I think I can fly!”. At least in picture she seems like she might just pull that off. She says in reality, It can takes her anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes to get the right shot. Sometimes she works alone and relies on a self-timer; in other instances, she asks a friend to come along and press the shutter. She captured this image alongside the Yamanote Line, one of Tokyo’s busiest commuter rail lines
Can you Hold On for second?
Here Natsumi seems to be saying, can you hold on for second please?”. If I did not know these pictures are real and took hours to create it, I would have guessed it to be magical or photoshopped. Here she took an picture at old telephone booth in Tokyo. She was surprised that it was well cleaned.
More on Natsumi
If you are curious about her and her images, check out here website: yowayowacamera.com. She also has done an interview with msnbc: Click Here to learn more about her and her work.
Image Source: yowayowacamera.com (Natsumi’s website)
Other source: Natsumi MSNBC Interview.