Karine Aigner / Japanese man playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Person with lure playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Tabby cat playing with fish toy at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Woman with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats sitting in window at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cat with collar and bell in Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Japanese people playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / White and ginger cat sitting next to shoe rack, Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Ginger cat sniffing biscuit, Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Ginger cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Fluffy ginger cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Fluffy ginger cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / People playing with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Woman with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Calico cat at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Woman taking pictures of calico cat at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Woman taking pictures of cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Calico cat resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Person looking at menu at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Sign outside Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Sign outside Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Sign outside Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Cats resting at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Person playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Names of cats on board at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Karine Aigner / Woman feeding cat at Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan.

Karine Aigner / Woman feeding cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan

Jean E. Roche / Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) bark drying for production of traditional Japanese washi paper, Arles. Camargue, France, December.

Jean E. Roche / Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) bark drying for production of traditional Japanese washi paper, Arles. Camargue, France, December.

Jean E. Roche / Branches of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Branches of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Fibres of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Fibres of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Man collecting branches of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Man cutting branches of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Man stripping bark from the branches of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) bark used for making traditional Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France. December.

Jean E. Roche / Close up of the bark of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera). Camargue, France, February.

Jean E. Roche / Man making traditional Japanese washi paper, Camargue, France, February.

Jean E. Roche / Fibres of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) used for traditional Japanese washi paper making. Camargue, France. February.

Jean E. Roche / Benoit Dudognon, master paper maker, steaming branches of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) before removing bark. Part of process of making Japanese washi paper. Camargue, France. January.

Jean E. Roche / Diversity of Japanese washi paper, made in Camargue, France, January 2018.

Jean E. Roche / Man drying bark of Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) for manufacture of traditional Japanese washi paper, Arles, Camargue, France.

Jean E. Roche / Soaking bark of Japanese mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) to make artisinal Japanese washi paper. Arles, Camargue, France, February 2018.

Jean E. Roche / Benoit Dudognon, master paper maker, making Japanese washi paper, Camargue, Arles, France. February.

Jean E. Roche / Calendar made from Japanese washi paper produced in the Camarge, Arles, France. February 2018.

Jean E. Roche / Paper mulberry (Brousonnetia papyrifera) bark, prepared for Japanese washi paper making, Camargue, France.

Jean E. Roche / Man using traditional Japanese washi paper making techniques, Camargue, France. September 2013.

Jean E. Roche / Paper mulberry (Brousonnetia papyrifera) bark gathered for Japanese washi paper making, Camargue, France. January.

Solvin Zankl / Fisherman hauling up glowing nets of florescent Firefly Squid (Watasenia scintillans) at night. Toyama Bay, Namerikawa, Japan, May.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Traditionally built house on stilts, Central Kalimantan. Indonesian Borneo. June 2010.

Dong Lei / Traditionally built houses and dry stone walls, Makalu Mountain, Mount Qomolangma National Park, Dingjie County, Tibet, China, May 2013.

Dong Lei / Traditionally built house painted white, Mount Kawakarpo, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan Province, China. October 2009

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) for sale in shop. Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Red-whiskered Bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Oriental White-eyes (Zosterops palpebrosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Red-whiskered Bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Red-whiskered Bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Red-whiskered Bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus) in cages, at regular bird keepers meeting in Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Cages of Peaceful Doves (Geopelia placida) on tall posts, Bedok Park, Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Cages of Peaceful Doves (Geopelia placida) on tall posts, Bedok Park, Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Cages of Peaceful Doves (Geopelia placida) on tall posts, Bedok Park, Singapore, July 2011.

David Tipling / Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) singing in cage, in suburb of Singapore, July 2011.

Enrique López-Tapia / Two Dong women, one laughing, in a dark room, Sanjiang Dong Village in the province of Guangxi, China. April 2009. Winner of the Photographer of the Year, Portrait Category, 4th Pollux Awards, 2012