Identification Of Cultivars

• Prize
  Gold in Advertising/Book Cover, Gold in Advertising/Catalogues, Silver in Fine Art/Still Life
• Photographer
  Masumi Shiohara, Japan
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.lensculture.com/masumi-shiohara

I am an orchardist. I have endeavored to create an artistic record as a photograph of fruit that I have grown in its "most visually beautiful form prior to being harvested". My artwork is similar to "Botanical Art," seeking to depict both precision and a level of detail, combined with aesthetic beauty. Multiple fruits ripen in orchards. However, not all fruit can be considered an object of beauty, in terms of its shape or leaf distribution. Daily tending of plants which is done all year round, as well as weather conditions that change on a yearly basis result in annual variations in the final

• Biography
  Masumi Shiohara was born in 1974 in Nagano, Japan. He worked at a micro-machining company as a development engineer. After leaving the company, he took over the management of the family orchard from his parents and is now running a farm. While growing fruit here he became interested in capturing them into works of photographic art, a skill which he picked up by himself. The inspiration to capture these photographically originally came when he was requested to supply fruit on a branch to a botanical artist
• Awards
  2021 Top 50 Photographers: Critical Mass 2021 Top10: Lens Culture, Critics' Choice 2021, Critics' Pick Finalist: Critical Mass 2021 FIRST SELECTION: ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE 15, Photographic Art Highly Commended: RHS Royal Horticultural Society ,Photographic Competition2021, Creative Shortlist: Sony World Photography Awards 2021, Open Competition, Object Category 2020 Jury top 5 Selection: Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2020, Professional 1st Place: CHROMATIC AWARDS, Professional, Still Life Gold: Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA) 2020, Professional, Fine Art-Still Life Silver: Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA) 2020, Professional, Advertising-Food Gold: Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2020, Professional, Portfolio-Advertising Silver: Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2020, Professional, Portfolio-Food 2020 Shortlist: Sony World Photography Awards 2020/Japan Awards, Open Competition, Still Life Category Gold: Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2020, Professional, Portfolio-Food Silver: Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2020, Professional, Portfolio-Advertising Silver: Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2020, Professional, Advertising-Food Bronze: Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2020, Professional, Nature-Flowers 2nd Place: International Photography Awards 2020：Professional/Fine Art-Still life 2nd Place: International Photography Awards 2020：Professional/ Advertising-Conceptual Gold: Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) 2020, Professional, Advertising/Catalogues Silver: Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) 2020, Professional, Advertising / Food Finalist: Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Award 2020, Pink Lady® Apple a Day Category Honorable Mention: MONOVISIONS AWARDS 2020, Fine Art Category Nominee: Fine Art photography Awards FAPA 2019/2020, Open Theme Nominee: Fine Art photography Awards FAPA 2019/2020, Open Theme Nominee: SpiderAwards15th, Amateur/Still life Honorable Mention: CHROMATIC AWARDS, Profess