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The Last Empress

  • Photographer
    Beno Saradzic, United Arab Emirates

Featured is the entrance to the Heian-jingu temple in the Kyoto's
district of Okazaki in Japan.
As per the history records, this majestic shrine was founded in 1895 to
commemorate the 1100th anniversary of establishing Kyoto as the
capital of Japan.
As someone with a lifelong fascination with Japan and their culture, I
found the trip to this country to be profoundly fulfilling and redeeming
on so many levels. Here's one of my favourite captures from my photo trek through Japan.

Slovenian born Beno Saradzic is a multi-specialist visual artist with residence in Dubai, UAE.
In professional circles, Beno is knowns as a filmmaker, producer, conceptual 3D Computer Graphics artist and a photographer. He attracted tremendous public attention in recent years through his virally shared time-lapse films, and is increasingly known as a fine art photographer who creates exceptionally envisioned visuals, executed with ambitious post production techniques. His creative process is taking place equally in the field and in the studio, offering to the public very distinctive realizations.
Beno is a Canon Ambassador for Europe & MENA region, as well as a brand ambassador of NiSi Filters. His work is regularly featured in international publications, calendars, art galleries, books and online.
He is a frequent public speaker and photography educator.

Awards NatGeo 2012 Travel Photo Contest Finalist
HIPA - Hamdan International Photo Contest finalist 2012
EIPC - Egypt International Photo Contest 2012 - Gold Medal Winner (architecture)
Spaces Of Light International Photo Contest (Abu Dhabi), 3rd Place Winner
Earth Hour (ADGAS/WWF) Photo Contest, 1st Place Winner
Al Ain Photographia Award, two-time finalist
Time Lapse Photographer on BBC Wild Arabia TV Series
Time Lapse Photographer on Discovery Channel's 'Passage to Abu Dhabi' TV series
Special Feature on my work in Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine, March 2013 edition
Cover photograph on TimeOut Abu Dhabi magazine
Photographer for international hotel chains