Tokyo is a very lively city, with contrasts at every turn. With that in mind, it also provides a rather interesting palette for Rolls-Royce’s Black Badge models, such as the Dawn, Wraith and Ghost.
The three models were captured through the lens of three international photographers, each bringing a different take “to a common story line of playing hard in the metropolis after dark, before retiring to the calm solitude of the city limits.”
Only 18 photographs were taken in total, between 2017 and 2019. Now, you can see them all together for the very first time.
Starting with the Wraith Black Badge, it was captured on camera by Japanese photographer Yoshifumi Ogawa, who snapped it among the “bustling glitz” of Ginza, as well as on the raised highways and out across Rainbow Bridge, alongside the Ghost Black Badge.
Meanwhile, British photographer Mark Riccioni, started with the Dawn Black Badge in Akihabara, mixing the car’s Magma Red paint job with the region’s brazen neon signs. From there, he ventured out to the islands of Tokyo Bay, before retiring to the residential streets of Nakameguro at sunrise.
The third and final perspective came from photographer Darren Chan, who captured the Wraith Black Badge both as stationary and on a roll on the highways that skirt Tokyo Bay. He also worked alongside the Ghost Black Badge, both models featuring a “devilish” orange coachline.
“Just as Black Badge aesthetics are at home in the city of Tokyo, these amazing Rolls-Royces have very much struck a chord with our Japanese clients – just over 40% of Ghost, Wraith and Dawn models we deliver in Japan are in the guise of their Black Badge alter egos. The visual diversity of the Tokyo cityscape speaks of the diverse enterprises that have brought success to Rolls-Royce’s Tokyo clientele – tech and trade on one hand, creative industries and traditional arts on the other. I thank and congratulate the photographers on capturing the essence of Black Badge in Tokyo so well,” said Rolls-Royce Asia Pacific exec, Paul Harris.