What Makes Japan So Special?

was a question asked,

 by Tokyo-based artist Frank Le Petit, who goes by the name K-Narf (Frank spelled backwards), and he decided it was the workers, the people who pour their soul into these jobs, the Hatarakimono Project is a tribute to these workers; a documentation of the humans behind what makes Japan special,

  the Hatarakimono Project began in 2016,

 and over the span of 14 months the artist photographed 102 workers on the job, in uniform,

 and it was easier said than done,

 apparently the paperwork and explanations needed to photograph a train conductor or an elevator operator on the job and obtaining permission is a huge task in itself,

a portable studio was transported to the site and workers were asked to take a few minutes off from their job to be photographed,

 the final photographs are presented as tape-o-graphic portraits, 

 a style developed by the artist, and in triptych form, You can see all the portraits on the artist’s website,

 and if you’re in Tokyo, they will be exhibited at Agnes b. galerie-boutique Tokyo / Aoyama from March 30th to May 5th, 2019,

 they will then travel to shops in Kyoto and Osaka,

an amazing answer to what was not a simple question, it appears the workers of Japan is what makes the country so special.