SALARYMAN PROJECT
![Kawaguchiko panorama kawaguchiko mountain landscape in Autumn](../_images/salaryman/large/kawaguchiko1_1120px.jpg)
The Kawaguchiko Incident
On the 28th of October 2006, a fast-paced suited office worker with briefcase made a brief appearance on a mountain trail in Kawaguchiko near Mount Fuji. Unaware that the not-so-distant Aokigahara forest was a destination of choice for people resigned to put an end to their problems and their lives, I welcomed this non-event as an invitation to investigate the poetical aspects of Tokyo’s ubiquitous corporate scene.
![photo of a salaryman in Kawaguchiko forest a man in suit with briefcase walking away on a trail in a forest](../_images/salaryman/medium/kawaguchiko2_747px.jpg)
The Salaryman Project Business Schedule
The outcome of this research has been published into the pages of an illustrated Japanese professional agenda: the "Salaryman Project Business Schedule". At the pace of one photo a week, the action – or lack of it – unfolds season after season into the spreads of the ephemeral publication, portraying Tokyo's salaryman as an elusive and solitary creature constantly escaping the gaze of the camera.
![salaryman project business schedule binder the salaryman project business schedule, japanese photo agenda](../_images/salaryman/large/binder_1120px.jpg)
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Selection of photos from the Salaryman Project Business Schedule 2013
![Sensoji a salaryman behind incense smoke at Sensoji temple](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_01_sensoji_1120px.jpg)
![Hibiya Park a salaryman near a fountain in Hibiya Park](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_49_hibiya_park_1120px.jpg)
![Kudankita a salaryman in Kudandika](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_50_kudankita_1120px.jpg)
![reflection of a salaryman in a Tameike Sanno men's clothing shop a salaryman in Tameike Sanno](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_24_tameikesanno_1120px.jpg)
![Ueno park a salaryman in Ueno Park](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_14_ueno_park_1120px.jpg)
![Gotanda a salaryman having a coffe break in Gotanda](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_36_gotanda_1120px.jpg)
![Shinagawa a salaryman in a bamboo garden in Shinagawa](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_39_shinagawa_1120px.jpg)
![Meguro a salaryman getting out of a eel restaurant](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_30_meguro_1120px.jpg)
![Gotanda the refection of a salaryman in a golf accessory shop](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_42_gotanda_1120px.jpg)
![Nihonbashi a salaryman on a bicycle in Ginza](../_images/salaryman/large/2013_33_nihonbashi_1120px.jpg)
Selection of photos from the Salaryman Project Business Schedule 2014
![Kasumigaseki a salaryman in Kasumigaseki](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_03_kasumigaseki_1120px.jpg)
![Akabane a salaryman on a train in Akabane station](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_13_akabane_station_1120px.jpg)
![Yamanote Line a salaryman reading manga on the Yamanote line](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_44_yamanote_line_1120px.jpg)
![Shibuya a salaryman eating udon noodles in Shibuya](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_43_shibuya_1120px.jpg)
![Tokyo Midtown a salaryman in Tokyo Midtown's garden](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_17_tokyo_midtown_1120px.jpg)
![Suidobashi a salaryman on a pedestrian crossing in Suidobashi](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_27_suidobashi_1120px.jpg)
![Kyobashi a salaryman in Kyobashi](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_37_kyobashi_1120px.jpg)
![Hibiya Park a salaryman photographing roses in Hibiya Park](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_41_hibiya_park_1120px.jpg)
![Hanazono Shrine a salaryman holding Kumade (rake) in Hanazono shrine for tori no ichi festival](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_48_hanazono_shrine_1120px.jpg)
![Meguro a salaryman in front of a Fugu (pufferfish) restaurant in Meguro](../_images/salaryman/large/2014_51_meguro_1120px.jpg)
Selection of photos from the Salaryman Project Business Schedule 2015
![Shibuya a salaryman having a nap in Shibuya](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_05_shibuya_1120px.jpg)
![Shimbashi the reflection of a salaryman in a shop selling WW2 plane scale models in Shimbashi](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_07_shimbashi_1120px.jpg)
![Kanda a drunk salaryman lying on the street in Kanda](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_08_kanda_1120px.jpg)
![Sobu Line a salaryman looking a the Sumida river from the Sobu line train](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_10_sobu_line_1120px.jpg)
![Ueno Park a salaryman taking a picture of cherry blossom in Ueno Park](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_13_ueno_park_1120px.jpg)
![Kanda Sakumacho a salaryman in a sushi restaurant in Kanda](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_18_kanda_sakumacho_1120px.jpg)
![Yasukuni Shrine a salaryman a the Yasukuni Shrine](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_28_yasukuni_shrine_1120px.jpg)
![Yurakucho a salaryman trying a golf club in a shop in Yurakucho](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_42_yurakucho_1120px.jpg)
![Kanda Nishikichou the reflection of a salaryman in a building in Kanda](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_43_kanda_nishikichou_1120px.jpg)
![Shinjuku a salaryman walking up a stairway in Shinjuku](../_images/salaryman/large/2015_47_shinjuku_1120px.jpg)
Exhibition: the Salaryman Project Fiscal Year
109 prints arranged according to the Japanese fiscal year (from April 1st to March 31st) in a 21-meter long display. Installation designed for the Month of Photography Tokyo 2017.
![Exhibition Spring section Salaryman Project exhibition during The Month of Photography Tokyo 2017](../_images/salaryman/exhibition/spring_1120px.jpg)
Full view: click on the following image to see the installation in a new window.
![Exhibition Salaryman Project exhibition during the Month of Photography Tokyo 2017 at the Canon gallery.](../_images/salaryman/exhibition/all_small_tiny.jpg)
Online game: My TASUKU!
Based on photos from the Salaryman Project, My TASUKU! is a picture based e-learning tool that will improve your survival skills in Tokyo's corporate world. At the office, at school, in the train, at home, My TASUKU! brings you the training that you need and the distraction that you deserve.
![My TASUKU! game screen capture](../_images/salaryman/mytasuku/MyTasuku_1120px.png)
To photo-editors:
To access the 157 photos of the Salaryman Project series, please contact Bureau d'Etudes Japonaises.
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