/ 2025 / Special / Night Photography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Akitoshi Nakashima, Japan
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/aki_naka1/

A colony of Edgeworthia flowers at an altitude of approximately 300 meters in Aichi Prefecture.
On this day, it was the day after the new moon, so there was no moonlight.
Amid the gaps in the clouds, the stars twinkled, and under the faint light, the Edgeworthia flowers quietly glowed.

I have taken photography since 2009.
My main subjects are various landscapes in Japan.
The landscapes I photograph are mostly nature, and I mainly shoot nightscapes, early morning views, waterside views, views with Mount Fuji, and cherry blossom trees.
When the subject is a natural landscape, I repeatedly shoot the same location in spring, summer, fall, and winter, even for many years.
While I visit famous shooting spots, I like to find my own unique shooting spots that no one else knows about.
I want to continue to discover various landscapes of Japan in the future.

Awards International Photography Awards 2021 Special / Night Photography 3rd Place,
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021 Category Nature-Trees Honorable Mention,
International Photography Awards One Shot / Color Honorable Mention,
PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2022 Nature / Seasons Silver