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Tokyo Polytechnic University
“Department of Photography Special” Award 2023 Exhibition

This exhibition displays the Grand Prix and special award-winning works.

The Department of Photography Special Award is an event where all students enrolled in the Department of Photography, Faculty of Arts at Tokyo Polytechnic University are eligible to receive accolades for their outstanding achievements based on work completed during the current academic year.

In the year of the 100th anniversary of the university's founding, this year's Department of Photography Special Award, which celebrated its 10th anniversary, exhibited selected works from first year students, sophomores, juniors and seniors for six days between January 30 and February 4, 2023. The students were able to freely develop their works on the given walls, creating an exhibition full of individuality. This year, for the first time in three years, visitors from outside the university were allowed to attend, going beyond our university students to include their families, high school teachers and high school students.

On the final day of the exhibition, we invited photographer Taishi Hirokawa, photographer Ryo Owada, curator Miho Odaka, critic and art writer Yuzuru Murakami and former assistant of the Department of Photography Moe Shimogome to be the special judges to conduct a question-and-answer session and review of the works; this year's Grand Prix was decided.

In this exhibition, the works of students who have won the Grand Prix, Special Jury Award, Faculty Award and Audience Award are being displayed.

Award Winners from the “Department of Photography Special 2023”

The Grand Prix / Kisei Kobayashi Award
UENO, Runa
The Special Jury Award / Taishi Hirokawa Award / The Audience Award
YOSHIMURA, Amane
The Special Jury Award / Ryo Ohwada Award
NAKAJIMA, Hiyori
The Special Jury Award / Miho Kodaka Award
TAKAMORI, Chiaki
The Special Jury Award / Yuzu Murakami Award
OHYA, Ayaka
The Special Jury Award / Moe Shimogome Award
NARUI, Yuki
Yoshinori Sonoi Award / Hiroshi Suganuma Award
HOSHIKO, Momoka
Koichiro Ueda Award
ISHII, Yuko
Ryota Katsukura Award
NINOMIYA, Ayano
Masashi Ohara Award
WATANABE, Yua
Takashi Kawashima Award
HONDA, Sayaka
Mio Kawano Award
KANO, Junya
Yuki Takada Award
NAKASONE, Nene