TOKYO, June 21 — Koji Ishii can’t help himself: Whenever he sees a lost glove on the streets of his hometown Tokyo, he just has to stop and document it. For more than 15 years, the 39-year-old has photographed and meticulously recorded details about thousands of lone gloves on the streets of...
Japanese photographer Koji Ishii taking pictures of a lost glove on a pole beside the road in Tokyo. — AFP pic
He’s not alone. Around the world a thriving subculture has popped up documenting lost gloves, with many social media accounts dedicated to them — such as Instagram’s Long Lost Gloves and Lost Glove Sightings. Ishii, who works at a restaurant, doesn’t touch the gloves. He simply photographs each one and records details about its location. The appeal, he says, lies in imagining how the glove got there and who once wore it.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to many people wearing gloves outdoors for safety — a bonanza for Ishii.As Ishii moved to another location, he pointed at a leather glove on a roadside fence. When he saw it last week, he realised he had actually seen the same glove two months earlier — at that time tucked into a binding on a pole several metres away.
Ishii’s fascination means he sometimes finds himself getting off a bus before his stop because he has spotted a glove.
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