Photographer Micheal Wolf's "Architecture of Density"
https://photomichaelwolf.com/#architecture-of-densitiy/5
Worm's-Eye View of Tokyo
Date: 1870s
Met's Online Photo Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art released some 400,000 photographic images for non-commercial use in 2014. Among the these are some excellent photos from the late Edo and early Meiji Periods. It's definitely worth perusing.
Olga de Meyer Sitting on the Porch of a Japanese House
Date: 1900s–1910s
Photographer: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868–1949 Los Angeles, California)
Shrine with Monumental Statue of Buddha
Date: 1890s
Photographer: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868–1949 Los Angeles, California)
Japanese Woman in Traditional Dress Posing Outdoors
Date: 1870s
Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1860s–90s
Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841–1934)
Artists: K Tamamura (Japanese), Raimund von Stillfried (Austrian, 1839–1911), and Felice Beato (British (born Italy), Venice 1832–1909 Luxor, Egypt)
A Japanese Woman and a Japanese Boy in Traditional Dress
Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1870s
Street Minstrel
Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki
Date: 1870s
La Toilette
Photographer: Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1870s
Mutsuhito, The Emperor Meiji
Photographer: Kyuichi Uchida (Japanese, 1846–1875)
Date: 1872
Tea House waitress
Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835–1919)
Date: 1870s
Geisha Girls
Photographer: Unknown
Date: ca. 1880
Otemon After Dark
Little Tokyo
Several years ago when ABC News was still producing a podcast—one of the best out there at the time—they had a weekly segment on art that featured the works of some very inspirational and creative artists, including a music video made by an Australian photographer by the name of Keith Loutit for the band Headless Heroes. I had never heard of tilt-shift photography, or of the band, but became a quick fan of both after watching the video.
Ever since Loutit's work was featured on ABC News, I've come to see countless examples of people using the same technique of stitching together time-lapsed, tilt-shift photography to create videos. While it looks good, none of it has wowed me the way Loutit's work did (and still does).
It's not as easy as it might look at first. Location and height are important. As it the lighting, of course. You need to be several stories above your subject, so that you're looking down at an angle of about thirty degrees.
If I have time, I might try to make some videos myself. Don’t hold your breath, though. Until then, I will tinker.