Honorable Mention / 2024 / Special / Night Photography

Reflections

The photo was taken after a rain shower in the streets of Shinjuku in Tokyo. The street scene is reflected in the freshly formed puddles and people are still walking through the streets with their umbrellas open.

Driven by her fascination for photography and design, the Munich based French-German photographer Sonia Aumiller (born 1971) completed her studies at the University of Applied Arts in Paris with a mélange of skills. From learning how to develop analog film to sharpening her sense of image composition and colour, she eventually opted to specialise in design and embarked on a career in fashion that spanned twenty years. She retreated from the fast-paced, cut-throat world of fashion to devote her artistic passion entirely to photography.