While visiting most of the famous places around the globe, travel photographer David Gaberle decided to capture the most eye-catching parts of the urban lifestyle. Enjoy! All photos David Gaberle

Hong Kong – International Commerce Centre

‘The sterile and sharp-angled architecture makes human interaction seem out of place. Emotions in these spaces are seen as a disruption to the smooth functioning of the city’

Batumi – men resting in a city in Georgia

He says people are desensitised by information in the urban context: ‘That’s why they can come across as indifferent or reserved in their attitude’

Tokyo – the salary men

‘The gender roles in Tokyo seemed very clearly defined and I was trying to capture how that reflects in the working environment there.’ Gaberle says he was struck by how people move through city spaces together, but remain alienated from each other at the same time

New York City – a waiter on a cigarette break

‘The street is a stage where people play out their public roles’

Tokyo – a waitress in Shinjuku

‘I chose a telephoto lens to flatten the picture and decrease the distance between her and the background. I shot through the glass – the lights in her eyes are reflections of a car passing outside’

London – near London Bridge tube station

‘I like to look for the emotional charge in large cities that bubbles up in, for example, people’s postures’

Shanghai – reflections through an escalator

‘I tried to bring attention to the difficult task of staying human in these environments’

Berlin – the central station

‘The book is a record of this struggle: what the city moulds us into and how we try to remain authentic to ourselves at the same time’