/ 2026 / Fine Art / Landscape

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Norihiro Ozaki, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  February 14, 2026
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/tigershot78/

The clouds carry the passage of time across the sky, while the mountain remains unchanged. For a fleeting moment, motion and stillness exist as one.

Norihiro Ozaki is a Japan-based photographer specializing in natural landscapes.

His work explores the control of light and time through filters and long-exposure techniques. By adjusting exposure duration to the movement within a scene, he captures subtle expressions of time that often go unnoticed.

Focusing on rivers, waterfalls, and natural environments, he seeks to balance motion and stillness within a single frame. His work has been recognized in the Mt. Fuji Photo Contest and on 1x.com, where he has receive "Awarded" distinctions in Landscape and Night.

Awards Honorable Mention, Mt. Fuji Photo Contest, 2024
Awarded (Landscape, Night), 1x.com