Japan Photo Guide is an initiative by professional photographer Evan Pike. Japan Photo Guide approached Merkados with the task of creating a design that would accurately reflect the Japanese culture and promote photography tourism from the United State to Japan.
Merkados studied some of the most traditional archetypes of the Japanese culture including the beautiful wood works, the Torii, a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine and much more to come up with a design that felt both contemporary but traditional at the same time. Concepts that at first glance seem incompatible with one another.
