I am a fruit farmer. There is work throughout the year to grow fruits. I don't have much else to do, so I'm fantasizing while working. I wonder if anything interesting can be done with what is in front of me-mostly fruit. I think that people around me think that I am a stranger. But now it's fun because it can be made into a photographic work and released to the world.
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
