Front cover for Metropolis Magazine, Tokyo
I shot this outside Omori Station, about ten minutes from our flat. Tried about 20 drivers, who all said no, before this guy – the only driver sat in his cab with a smile on his face – said yes.
Really happy with how this came out. The fella I took the pic of was really nice, very happy to have his pic taken and I hope he’ll be happy with this when he gets his copy of the mag in the post. It’s also really satisfying when you serve up a shot to a mag and they dont crop it or alter it in any way……. thanks to Beau and his Art Director at Metropolis for the opportunity to shoot this cover and the spread inside. Thanks to Hunter for the words, for getting me the gig and for all the encouragement.
Out on Sept. 19th.
Nikon D300
85mm f/1.4 AF D
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43 comments
Jason Bolt wrote...
Nicely done Alfie.
Lars wrote...
Congratulations my friend :-)
Meg Yamagute wrote...
beautiful light!!!
especially the bokeh... makes me think about a hole world waiting to be explored in the streets of Tokyo!
Eric Flexyourhead wrote...
Outstanding shot, Alfie! This one looks stunning on the cover. Great spread too!
dania gennai wrote...
great!
jamesjustin wrote...
Great photos Alfie. I'll be sure to pick up a copy this weekend.
Miyuki Betsuyaku wrote...
hey alfie! so good to see your pics around here again :)
Fried Toast wrote...
Congrats on the cover! Good to see you back here again ;)
Where does one find these magazines? I could use a good recruiting company about now...
*setsuna wrote...
very cool!! Congrats!!
Thong Van wrote...
Coool...super shot : )
Erick Aragon wrote...
Great shot.
Arnd wrote...
wow, amazing
congratulation and thank you for posting to tokyo taxi
Tara wrote...
Wow. This is such an amazing portrait! Congrats!
Sara Luna wrote...
wow! I am looking forward to receive my Metropolis this Friday! Congrats :)
Nice to see your photos again on Flickr!
Peter wrote...
It's funny.
Just yesterday I said to my self, "I wish Alfie still posted pics up"...what'dya know. Congrats on the mag spread n cover!
/\/\r_/\/\_/\/\ontg0mery wrote...
WELCOME BACK""""!!! so chuffed for you, you wee legend. !
carla drago wrote...
fantastic!
congrats, and very nice to see you around again :)
Peter Harrap wrote...
Absolutely cool, its a good feeling, yes?
stranded_starfish wrote...
A fantastic set, I loved following this.
An almighty front cove - personal but 'big' in so many ways. Colourful yet subtle as his smile... I think he'll be suitably pleased :)
Great stuf Alfie, good to see your work as always
(Incidently, got my first mini "gig"... an article about me as photographer, just in my University's student-run newspaper, who I started working for last year)
michael clinton wrote...
all of the above. welcome back hope theres more to come
Kiks Balayon wrote...
congratulations alfie.. welcome back to flickr! im gonna wait for that magazine..
James Hadfield wrote...
Brilliant stuff. This is so much more interesting than the Photoshopped tarento bimbos that normally grace the cover of Metropolis. I can only hope they throw more work your way.
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Thanks all. I was down at their offices this afternoon, picking up some copies of the magazine. Quite a few people looked up when I walked in to the office and said who I was..... that was very nice. Had a nice chat with the Editor in Chief and it seeems, Jrim, your hoping might turn out to be my reality. :-)
Kristina wrote...
beautiful shot, nice light and expressive face! congratulations!
Paul Singleton wrote...
Congrats Alfie, It is a great cover shot and will be sure to pick up this copy of Metropolis tomorrow.
B.T.W great to have you back in the community again. I understand your reasons for being pissed off but we did miss you on flickr.
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Cheers mate. It's good to be back amongst friends again. Need to catch up with you in person again soon too. A pint awaits!
Fayyaz Ahmed wrote...
Awesome shot. Great cover. I missed you on flickr and did trace you to ur website to leave a msg there. Hope everything is cool with you!
Recep wrote...
happy to see you back with your new works!!!
hope everything is going well for you....
hope to meet you one day
Ruslan Sabah wrote...
that's wow..congrats !!
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Hope to see you soon too Recep.
Fayyaz: got your comments, thanks for dropping by the blog.
Thanks everyone.
Hunter Skipworth wrote...
cheers for mentioning me alf, looks awesome, proud of the way the whole package turned out. didnt realise you were so flickr popular mate!
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Hunter..... mate. I know they subbed it all to shit but it still all works together really well and lots of folk here in Tokyo are well impressed with it so, a ton of thanks for all you did on it. Get your arse back to Japan as soon as you can mate. I know you are doing your best to sort that out. We make a good team.
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
I bumped into the driver in this pic again the other night. I had the magazine send him a few copies and he was so happy that he photocopied the cover and has been dishing it out to all his buddies and customers. :-)
stranded_starfish wrote...
I know I've already commented but...
It's fantastic to hear you may well have more work from these guys. If this is the result of working with them and Hunter then I'm sooo excited to see more of this!
Just incredible, Alfie
Fried Toast wrote...
Cool that you bumped into him again. That's a great story about him passing out copies to friends and customers.
Thank you again for the copy you gave me @ the last FTPS meeting. Will definitely have to come down to Tokyo more often.
flofler wrote...
This picture deserves it to be on front page!
Sergio Amiti wrote...
well done! like that you asked the driver before taking the pic and you made his day in the end!
Alfie Goodrich wrote...
Cheers Sergio. I had to ask the driver... needed him to sign a model-release :-) He was a great chap.
blithely wrote...
When I was living in Tokyo, I used to read Metropolis every week... and when that cover came out, I was blown away by what a beautiful shot it was... didn't expect to actually find you on Flickr. What a treat :D
Josh wrote...
Congratulations on the front cover! Nice shot too!
Mat Combet wrote...
That's I guess a big satisfaction as a photographer to see your own shot been published...nice shot by the way...
::darren:: wrote...
Great cover shot!





well done alfie! congrats