Honorable Mention / 2024 / Fine Art / Collage

• Photographer
  Kiiro -, Japan
• Website
  http://www.iwahada.com
• Instagram
  @kiiro

Origin of the flower's name, "cosmos."

In Greek, "cosmos" originally means "the order of the universe.

It is said that a priest who saw the flower named it "cosmos" after the orderly and well-balanced arrangement of its petals.


I began photographing cosmos flowers in an attempt to understand the "order of the universe" from the structure of the cosmos flower.

I had the sensation that the thousands of cosmos flowers I had photographed were overlapping and spiraling together through photomontage.

I believe that the "order of the universe" is destruction and rebirth.

A photographer who uses painting and cyanotype techniques to explore the original meaning of the Cosmos: order, harmony, and beauty.

Major Exhibitions and Fairs
Solo Exhibition
2011. OPERA　［Venue］EMON PHOTO GALLERY（Tokyo)
2014. Light　［Venue］EMON PHOTO GALLERY（Tokyo)
2018. Shard　　［Venue］EMON PHOTO GALLERY（Tokyo）
2019. Milky Way　［Venue］EMON PHOTO GALLERY（Tokyo)

Art Fairs, Festivals
2013.TokyoPhoto (Tokyo)
2013.fotofever (Belgium)
2014.fotofever (Paris)
2015.fotofever (Paris)
2016.La Gacilly Photo Festival（France）
2016.Photo Shanghai（Shanghai）
2017.KYOTOGRAPIE KG+ (Kyoto)
2018.Art Fair Tokyo

Awards Major Awards
2013.International Fine Art Photography Award Judges Award for experimental work（France）
2014.International Photography Award 3rd Place for Collage work（Los Angeles）
2014.Le photobookfest sellected BEST30（France）