Photo by @azrieahmd
“It was sunset and the group was performing a slower version of the dance,” says 28-year-old Ahmad Azrie (@azrieahmd), of his portrait of an Awa Odori dancer at the Tanabata Matsuri festival in Tokyo. “There was no loud music accompanying them, and maybe for that reason the dance seemed a bit more compelling to me. One of the ladies started dancing near where I was, the sun shining behind her creating an astonishing scene — so I just had to press the shutter button.” #TheWeekOnInstagram