High-rise buildings, people’s lives, and maze of streets all gather to form a city. I’ve been taking photographs of numerous big cities in the world and asking myself a question every time: “What is a completed city?” I felt like I witnessed the moment which answered to it when taking this photo.
Photographer, who travels through time & space.
Jumpei Tainaka
Based in Hamburg, Tokyo & Osaka.
Date Of Birth 1982/05/20
2002 Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg- Study Abroad
2005 Reitaku University, Linguistics Department, German Major - Graduation
2008/04/01 Freelance Photography Career Start
2013/02/01 Moved to Hamburg, Germany
Exhibition
2014/09/12-10/06 Tokyo&Berlin, sister cities 20th anniversary exhibition- Rotes Rathaus, Berlin, Germany
2014/09/09-09/14 Osaka&Hamburg, sister cities 25th anniversary exhibition
Solo exhibition -Silence Within Bustle-- enoco, Osaka, Japan
2014/10/14-10/17 Silence Within Bustle Tour- Osaka City Hall, Osaka, Japan
11/05-2015/01/05 46.Hamburger Fototage- Group Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany
2015/08/01-08/31 Shimane, Art Event 2015 Special Exhibition -Town-, Shimane, Japan
2016/10/07-10/10 REEPERBAHN Beginn der unendliche Nacht, Gallery Public, Osaka, Japan
2016/10/08-10/19 BERLIN-ein Lügner gegen den Zeitgeist, Gallery KatzAshiya, Hyogo, Japan
2017/06/16-06/24 ABSTRACT/REFLECT/TRANSPARENT, Bar, Frankfurt, Germany
Awards 2021 Creative Photo Awards 2021
Alone in the Sky-High Professional / Abstract – Commended
2020 Budapest International Foto Awards 2020
“Dear My Beloved” Professional / Architecture – Silver
“Dancing Nymph in Hades” Professional / Fine Art – Honorable Mention
Creative Photo Awards 2020
“Artificial Mountains” Professional / Architecture – Commended
15th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS
“GOTHAM” Professional / Aerial – Honorable Mention
“A Wanderer, ever after” Professional / Silhouette – Honorable Mention
“Laughing Dragon” Professional / Architecture – Honorable Mention
“Water Flame” Professional / Abstract – Nominated
“Hide & Seek” Professional / Silhouette – Nominated
“(not) alone” Professional / Silhouette – Nominated
13th INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS
“Succubus in the black water” Professional / Nude Nominated
“Eternalscape : Elbe I” Professional / Abstract Nominated
2019 14th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS
“Alien in the dark forest” Professional / Nature – Honorable Mention
“FURIOUS” Professional / Abstract – Nominated
2018 13th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS
“Shinjuku – Artificial Mountains” Architectural – Nominated
2017 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
“Shout and Liberation” – Professional / Fine Art / Nudes – Honorable Mention
“TRUMP UP” – Professional / Abstract– Honorable Mention
