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Liam Wong

@liamwong.com

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☔️ Director, Game Developer & Photographer ☔️ TO:KY:OO and After Dark books are available in stores worldwide ☔️ linktr.ee/liamwong

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Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 29/07/2026

RIP Kavinsky… thank you for the inspiration 💔

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 27/06/2026

The Weeknd in Munich 📸

Photography by Liam. A towering gold chrome robot sculpture by Hajime Sorayama dominates the stage at The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn show in Munich. A lone figure stands at its feet, emphasizing the immense scale, while the glowing white backdrop silhouettes the futuristic artwork against a ruined cityscape set.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 26/06/2026

Munich for The Weeknd

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 24/06/2026

Tokyo after dark

Photography by Liam. A fog-shrouded Tokyo high-rise glows with cool blue office lights in the background while a utility pole and electrical transformer dominate the foreground. The scene has mist softening the building’s curved silhouette and creates a quiet, futuristic atmosphere.

A glowing clock appears suspended in dense fog between dark office buildings in Tokyo. The illuminated hands indicate approximately 2:55, and the clock face belongs to the NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building, whose structure is largely obscured by mist. The blue-toned scene creates a surreal nighttime atmosphere.

An empty Tokyo residential street descends into the distance under a row of white streetlights. Industrial walls, utility poles, and neatly trimmed trees line the wet pavement, emphasizing the stillness of the city.

A streetlight mounted on a utility pole glows against a dark blue night sky. In the background, a fog-covered high-rise with scattered illuminated windows fades into the mist, while overhead cables crisscross the scene.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 24/06/2026

Seoul after dark

A dark alley glows beneath tangled power lines stretching overhead like veins across the city. A lone streetlamp spills light onto shuttered storefronts while crimson neon leaks into the alley.

A narrow backstreet disappears into electric blue haze, its rain-soaked asphalt reflecting streaks of magenta. Neon hotel signs and distant towers hover above the shadows, turning an ordinary alley into a cyberpunk-esque scene with the contrast of architecture between old and new.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 23/06/2026

Rothko rain in Tokyo

Photography by Liam. Neon reflections on wet asphalt in Tokyo resemble a Rothko painting. Blocks of electric blue, magenta, coral, and ember orange dissolve into one another through rippling reflections, while raindrops stipple the surface like brushstrokes, turning a Tokyo photograph into an abstract field of color and light.

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Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 23/06/2026

Midnight arcade

A Street Fighter II match flickers across a CRT screen, the game is in standby mode, looping scenes to attract players, framed by the glowing shell of a Sega Astro City arcade. Neon magenta reflections wash over the arcade as pixels battle beneath the hum of fluorescent lights in Osaka.

A row of retro arcade cabinets stretches into the distance, their screens casting pink and blue light across empty stools and worn control panels. An Osaka game center frozen between rounds.

An intimate Osaka arcade glows with saturated violet light. Gashapon machines and claw cranes crowd a narrow room that feels suspended somewhere between the 1990s and the present.

A lineup of Sega Blast City cabinets illuminates the darkness with electric blue light. Retro fighters, puzzle games, and anime artwork flicker across aging screens, turning a quiet Osaka arcade into a shrine to gaming history.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 22/06/2026

Tokyo flow

A solitary commuter stands motionless beneath cold blue station lights as a train streaks past in a blur of steel and lights. The platform feels suspended between departures and destinations, a quiet pause in Tokyo’s endless motion.

Three strangers occupy the platform like separate stories sharing the same frame. Bathed in electric blue light, they wait in silence while the city hums around them, connected only by the rhythm of the tracks.

Train doors slide open to reveal a wall of faces frozen in anticipation, the train is full. Office workers spill into the light, each carrying their own destination.

The station transforms into a living current of silhouettes and briefcases flowing through a sea of blue light. Individual identities dissolve into movement, turning the platform into a cinematic portrait of Tokyo’s pulse.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 22/06/2026

Hajime Sorayama exhibit

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 21/06/2026

Osaka after dark

Photography by Liam all featuring double exposures. Two police officers cycle through the middle of the frame in a lantern-lit Osaka alley, disappearing into a tunnel of neon and shadow, while a black cat slips quietly along the left edge of the frame beneath the city’s midnight glow.

An empty Japanese arcade stretches into the distance beneath glowing lanterns and vintage signage, its quiet stillness feeling frozen between midnight and dawn.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 20/06/2026

Tokyo after dark

A thin alley cuts between weathered walls, drenched in crimson and cobalt light. Pipes and cables snake through the darkness while a distant doorway glows faintly. The alley and colours are reminiscent of the anime AKIRA.

Red-and-white lanterns drift through a narrow Tokyo backstreet, their warm glow suspended against a sea of electric blue with a contrast in architecture between the old and the new.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 16/06/2026

Kamurochō after dark: polygons & photography

Virtual photography by Liam: Neon-soaked streets of Kamurocho glow beneath a canopy of signs, their reflections pooling across wet asphalt as a lone figure walks through the midnight blue haze. Captured in SEGA’s video game franchise: Yakuza.

A solitary pair of legs stands at the edge of a rain-filled puddle, where electric magenta and gold signage melts into a painterly reflection on the street.

A quiet 3D environment, a backstreet lined with glowing shopfronts and late-night eateries, where pink neon reflections guide a lone pedestrian through the heart of Kamurocho.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 16/06/2026

London after dark

Photography by Liam. Beneath Piccadilly’s glow, a lone motorcycle rider slips through ribbons of blue light as the city dissolves into pure velocity. Liam’s camera follows the motion of the rider with a slow shutter speed, causing the background to drag beams of motion blurred light and colour whilst keeping the rider in focus.

Neon coloured billboards spill magenta and cyan across rain-dark pavement, turning an empty London into a dream of color. One sign has the video game Modern Warfare, where this exact setting was used as the environment of the game at the time.

An umbrella silhouette drifts past red reflections beneath the city’s electric glow.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 15/06/2026

Tokyo Gradients

Photography by Liam. Train headlights pierce a lattice of blackened rails and power lines, silhouetted against a fading palette of violet and ember-orange twilight, while Mount Fuji rests faintly on the horizon in the center of the frame in the distance obscured by overhead wires.

Tokyo rooftops dissolve into shadow beneath a gradient of peach and violet, the skyline reduced to quiet silhouettes against the (colourful) dying light.

An emerald supermarket sign glows alone in a wide panoramic photograph, a large electric wire cuts through the frame in front of the electric-blue dusk that fades into a warm horizon glow.

Lawson convenience store lights spill into a narrow alley as a distant Mount Fuji emerges in silhouette, framed by shadows and a smoldering sunset sky cut by overhead wires and signs.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 14/06/2026

Tokyo in transit

Photography by Liam

Frame 1
A taxi driver settles into the cab as faint green reflections trace the windshield. The red “vacant” (空車) sign glows in the darkness, signaling another night shift ahead.

Frame 2
A solitary commuter stands before a passing crimson coloured freight train. Deep shadows stretch across the scene, reducing steel, light, and figure to bold graphic shapes.

Frame 3
Passengers are framed within the narrow windows of a crowded train, grey metal overwhelms the scene. Fleeting expressions emerge from the darkness before disappearing again into the rhythm of the evening commute.

Frame 4
Seen through a mirror embedded in a wall of yellow station tiles (Sangenjaya, Tokyo), a salaryman ascends a narrow stairwell. The reflection transforms an everyday moment into a quiet, cinematic scene hidden in plain sight. The structured grid tiles emphasise the everyday.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 13/06/2026

Blurred silhouettes drift across a rain-soaked Tokyo street, their forms melting into electric blue and crimson reflections. The image is upside down, focusing on their silhouettes in the puddle.

A solitary silhouette lingers beneath a rain-speckled transparent umbrella, wrapped in a glow of deep scarlet light.

Reflection of a silhouette close-up of someone’s shoes mid-walk, their form stretches across a rain-darkened pavement, their reflections dissolving into ripples of cobalt and midnight blue.

A lone silhouette of a salaryman holding a briefcase is mirrored in a shimmering puddle, surrounded by luminous blue light and a flash of red. The wet street becomes a canvas of liquid colour.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 13/06/2026

📸 Tokyo after hours: dinner with game creators Yoko Taro (NieR), Hidetaka Miyazaki (Elden Ring), Yosuke Saito (Dragon Quest) & The Weeknd.

Tokyo after hours: group photo of Liam with game creators Yoko Taro (NieR), Hidetaka Miyazaki (Elden Ring), Yosuke Saito (Dragon Quest) & musician: The Weeknd

Photo by Liam of The Weeknd showing Miyazaki his phone with both of them smiling.

The Weeknd, Miyazaki, Yoko Taro and Saito pose for a group photo at dinner.

Yoko Taro’s iconic mask sits on a table at dinner.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 13/06/2026

Midgar in real life.

Photography by Liam: An emerald-lit industrial labyrinth rises through the fog, evoking the endless reactors and steel canyons of Midgar, a location in the video game Final Fantasy 7. A lone silhouette stands before the glowing machinery, dwarfed by a city built to consume the night.

Turquoise steam pours from towering refinery stacks like Mako energy escaping a reactor core (in the video game Final Fantasy 7). Catwalks and pipes disappear into the haze, transforming the factory into a cyberpunk cathedral of light and steel.

Seen through a cage of black girders, luminous towers burn in the darkness. The scene feels like a hidden sector beneath Midgar, where machinery breathes and shadows swallow entire worlds.

Columns of teal light cut through drifting vapor above an industrial skyline.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 12/06/2026

Evenings in Tokyo

Crimson traffic light suspended in a sea of electric violet, tangled power lines carving restless paths across the twilight.

Deep indigo dusk washes over a quiet street corner, where a lone red signal traffic light burns like an ember beneath a web of midnight cables.

Soft lavender skies cradle a distant moon, framed by dark utility lines that stretch across the city like ink on silk.

Warm golden train windows glide through layers of cobalt and violet haze, a fleeting ribbon of light against the cooling cityscape. One sign has a large beer can: Asahi.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 12/06/2026

At the Lost in Translation bar

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 11/06/2026

Subways after dark: London, Tokyo, Warsaw & Rome.

London : Station entrance of Piccadilly Circus, glowing in deep indigo shadows, stairs leading downwards drawing the eye into a quiet urban underworld.

Tokyo: A lone figure descends into violet-blue subway light in Shinjuku, framed by geometric tiles and cinematic contrast. The colored light is achieved by a plastic gel over the flash on the camera.

Warsaw: Electric-blue escalator tunnel stretching into infinity, illuminated like a futuristic corridor of stars. A man descends the escalators on the far right of the frame. The image is captured on a wide angle lens to exaggerate the lighting. It is framed with perfect symmetry: the silhouette of the man breaks it up.

Rome: Emerald-tinted metro staircase beneath fluorescent light, the image is angled looking upwards at the stairs, evoking a moody late-night cityscape. The sign overhead reads “uscita”.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 10/06/2026

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Frame 2 equivalent of the laundromat entrance inside the game Persona 5.

Frame 3 equivalent of the laundromat inside the game Persona 5.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 10/06/2026

Tokyo’s Sangenjaya neighbourhood through my lens: the real-life inspiration for Persona 5’s Yongen-Jaya 📸

Image 1 : Narrow residential alley in Sangenjaya at dusk, with a glowing pink snack bar sign, bicycles parked along the street, and blue-purple evening light creating a quiet urban atmosphere. Cafe Le Blanc in game.

Image 2: Corrugated metal entrance leading into a narrow Sangenjaya side street, illuminated by warm ambient lighting and framed by weathered industrial textures. The entrance for the laundromat in Persona.

Image 3: Small neighborhood laundromat in Sangenjaya, featuring rows of washing machines, large dryers, vending machines, and warm fluorescent lighting against cool blue window reflections. Iconic location in Persona which is almost 1:1.

Image 4: Yellow-tiled staircase descending into a Tokyo subway station : Sangenjaya, with directional arrows on the steps and a lone commuter walking below.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 10/06/2026

Tokyo ☔️

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 17/04/2026

We did a book swap. You can find his book here: archipel.jp/collections/...

Liam’s book signed for Yoko Taro

Yoko Taro’s game NieR, signed for Liam

Yoko Taro’s new book: The Wor[l]ds of Yoko Taro

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 17/04/2026

I met with NieR creator, Yoko Taro ✌️ @yokotaro.bsky.social

Photograph of Yoko Taro (in his iconic mask) and Liam

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 17/04/2026

Tokyo night wander with filmmakers Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus) & Gareth Evans (The Raid) ☔️

Filmmakers Ryuhei and Gareth holding transparent umbrellas in the rain in Tokyo - captured through candid flash photography.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 14/04/2026

Tokyo

Tokyo train platform at dawn bathed in teal-blue tones, with empty curved tracks and glowing fluorescent lights, the cool color grading emphasizing a quiet, melancholic isolation

Symmetrical Tokyo train station platform illuminated by cold blue lighting, with steel beams and cyan-lit vending machines, enhancing a sense of stillness and solitude

Modern cylindrical structure in Tokyo under a vivid sky, with metallic surfaces and glass reflections.

Tokyo railway platform in moody cyan-blue light, with dark tracks and desaturated blue-tinted buildings, the color grading emphasizing a cinematic feeling of emptiness and introspection.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 07/02/2026

Edinburgh after dark

Photography by Liam Wong of Edinburgh at night in the fog. Warm brown colors over the old architecture of Edinburgh's old town: The Royal Mile. Many street lamps have a soft glow to them beyond the fog. The streets are cobbled.

Photography by Liam Wong of Edinburgh at night in the fog. An old staircase leading upwards. Soft glow from the old street lamps light the way.

Photography by Liam Wong of Edinburgh at night in the fog. An empty road: The Mound. Several street lamps light up the sky.

Photography by Liam Wong of Edinburgh at night in the fog. An empty street scene with an old monument. A red traffic light appears on the right - nobody is there.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 05/02/2026

Full circle, hanging with The Weeknd who inspired many of my photographs ☔️

Group photo with musician The Weeknd.

Photograph shared on The Weeknd with Liam’s photography book: TO:KY:OO

The Weeknd pointing at “Kiss Land” from Liam’s book TO:KY:OO, caption named after The Weeknd’s song/album.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 04/02/2026

Tokyo ☔️

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 01/02/2026

Tokyo fashion

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

Was nice seeing decals.

Graphic design signage from Ghost in The Shell

Graphic design signage from Ghost in The Shell

Painting of Hong Kong style architecture.

Sketch of a gun from Ghost In The Shell.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

Some more for ya!

Sketch from Ghost in The Shell. A woman wearing a visor surrounded by wires.

Sketch from Ghost in The Shell. Two characters stood next to each other, one holding a gun.

Sketch from Ghost in The Shell.

Sketch from Ghost in The Shell. Iconic frame from the 1995 anime with Motoko and her shattered shell, flesh and cables exploding outwards.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

You could spend a couple hours just looking at all of the art. Cels and sketches of characters, weapons, environments, fashion, color swatches, textures, signage & graphic design. Recommended! 🫶

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/01/2026

Went to the opening of the Ghost in The Shell exhibit in Tokyo, on now until April.

A nighttime aerial view of a futuristic coastal megacity from Ghost in the Shell (1995), with dense skyscrapers, illuminated bridges, and waterways stretching toward a glowing skyline under a dark, cloudy sky. Original artwork at the exhibit in tokyo

Rough animation sketch from Ghost in the Shell showing a man (Batou) falling backward while holding a handgun, drawn in loose pencil lines with construction marks visible.

Detailed pencil drawing from Ghost in the Shell inside a military vehicle, holding a rifle, surrounded by mechanical panels and cables.

Urban cityscape from Ghost in the Shell depicting tall, weathered Hong Kong styled apartment buildings with scaffolding, signage, and dense industrial detail under a hazy sky.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 04/01/2026

Photographs by Liam Wong of Kyoto at night. An empty scene with traditional Japanese buildings lit up with soft street lights in warm orange colors. The image is mostly blue in color. A large overhanging tree can be seen in the middle of the frame.

Photographs by Liam Wong of Kyoto in the early hours. Old wooden Japanese traditional buildings. The camera is capturing the scene from ground level, looking up - the blue sky is cut up by the silhouette of an overhead powerline. The image is a cold blue tone.

Photographs by Liam Wong of Kyoto at night. A large stairway leading upwards next to an old wooden traditional Japanese building. The image is moody to emphasise the emptiness with brown and blue shades. Towards the top right of the image, the stairway ends and is lit up, with trees overhanging.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 03/01/2026

Hong Kong

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 03/01/2026

Thank you! I received one as a gift - it’s super fun! It works best for video.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 02/01/2026

Snowkyo

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 01/01/2026

Tokyo ⚡️

Vintage 1990s Pokémon 35mm camera with a yellow see-through body, Pikachu graphic on the front, and a red tail symbol marking the flash button.

Analog film photograph of a Nintendo bar in Tokyo, decorated with numerous plushies from Mario and Pokémon.

Wide view of an extensive collection of rare Nintendo merchandise, with shelves densely packed with vintage toys, collectibles, and promotional items.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 31/12/2025

Tokyo

Double exposure photograph of Tokyo Tower at night by Liam Wong, seen through rain-speckled glass. Raindrops on the window create soft blue bokeh highlights that surround the city lights, enhancing the contrast between the cool tones of Tokyo at night and the tower’s warm orange glow.

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 29/10/2025

Sunset in Shibuya

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 14/10/2025

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 12/10/2025

Tokyo

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 11/10/2025

Tokyo

Liam Wong @liamwong.com · 30/09/2025

My AFTER DARK collection, worn by @samlakewrites.bsky.social ❤️ (via ark8net on IG)