VANITY

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yasuhiro Shimoka, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  2022-2026
• Website
  https://sloganpk2.com/shimoka/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/yasuhiro_shimoka?igsh=dzF4ZzFubXliNmY2&utm_source=qr

All things, all phenomena, have no inherent existence; they are emptiness (ku).
They appear before us, wavering, wandering, and changing form.

It is this very “emptiness” that gives rise to infinite colors and forms.
Things with form (color) and things without form (emptiness) are inseparable and resonate with one another.

I wished to record the fleeting causes and effects that remain as footprints.

As if peering into a box with a hole in it, I sense the ambiguity of the world and place myself within a world devoid of clear contours.

Days pass without ceasing, yet connections are formed, a

Born in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Graduated from Nihon College of Photography and Imaging Arts.
After working at a rental studio, studied under Masayoshi Sukita.
Freelance photographer since 2013. Currently based in Kanazawa and Tokyo.

Awards LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2021, Finalist
London International Creative Competition 2021
Shortlist,Official Selection
Tokyo fotoawards,Budapest fotoawards:Honorable Mention他
Analog Sparks 2023
Bronze Winner in Technique/Camera Obscura
etc…