/ 2025 / Nature / Trees

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yukio Nodo, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  26/04/2025
• Website
  https://www.yukionodo.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/negiasatsuki/

In the misty stillness of Shirakawa Lake, a solitary canoe drifts near a tree rising calmly from the flooded waters—a symbol of quiet resilience. The early morning fog blurs the line between water and sky, erasing the boundaries of space and time. The boat and the tree, each isolated yet connected by their reflection, seem to mirror one another in solitude. With only the gentle ripple of the water breaking the silence, this scene captures a fragile balance between movement and stillness, nature and presence—a fleeting moment suspended in calm.

I am a Japan-based landscape and nightscape photographer. My work explores landscapes not simply as scenery, but as places shaped by the quiet interplay of light, time, and the broader rhythms of nature. I am drawn to moments where the movements of the Earth and the sky intersect with traces of human presence. Rather than seeking dramatic spectacle, I focus on subtle transitions: how light shifts and how time settles into the land. Photography, for me, is a way of tracing these invisible layers and preserving fleeting relationships between the Earth, the sky, and the places we inhabit.

Awards Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2025
- Finalist, Best Single Images in a Portfolio (Landscape, Weather & Climate)

Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2025
- Gold Winner, Editorial / Environmental - "White Wounds"
- Gold Winner, Nature / Trees - "Ephemeral Dialogues"
- Silver Winner, Nature / Astrophotography - "Rocks on Earth Dream of Stars"

Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2025
- Silver Winner, Nature / Astrophotography - "Arch of The Ancients"
- Bronze Winner, Nature / Astrophotography - "Where Time Sleeps"
- Bronze Winner, Architecture / Industrial - "White Wounds"

Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) 2025
- Bronze Winner, Nature / Water - "The Passage of Trials"
- Bronze Winner, Press / Nature & Environmental - "White Wounds"

Vixen 6th Starry Sky Photo Contest 2025
- Award of Excellence - "Orion Lands on the Snowy Peaks"