Junichi Hakoyama‘s profile floored us at first sight. It was love (the photographic variety) as soon as we laid eyes on his distinct high-contrast black & white street photography style.

Each photos is expertly composed on his Leica M Monochrom, and features a solitary figure somewhere in the frame. Our apologies to the geometry lovers around here… the 15 photos below may make you drool all over your keyboard:

See the rest of Junichi’s work on his 500px profile, where he’s uploading new images in this distinct style about every couple of weeks. We will most certainly be keeping a close eye on this talented photographer… we think you should too.