Judges
Print Category
- Kazuo Unno(Photographer)
- Ikuo Nakamura(Photographer)
- Kentaro Fukuda(Photographer)
- Takayuki Maekawa(Photographer)
- Michiko Yone(Photographer)
- Tetsuya Sekioka(The Forest Culture Association, Managing Director)
- Osamu Kobayashi(Asahi Simbun Publications, Photo & Image Department Manager)
- Takeo Kato(Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office, Photo & Multimedia Editor)
- Toru Nakata(Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office, Photo & Multimedia Editor)
Digital Category
- Takayuki Maekawa(Photographer)
- Kentaro Fukuda(Photographer)
- Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc.
Main Sponsor
- The Asahi Shimbun
- The All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies
- The Forest Culture Association
- Corporate Sponsor
- Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc.
(Names listed without honorifics /Titles as of the time of the contest)
This year's contest is the 40th since The Asahi Shimbun held its first photo contest in 1983 commemorating 100 Locations to Conserve for the 21st Century. Under the theme of Preserving Nature and Places in Japan Forever, 60 printed photographs, including the First Prize, were selected from 5,022 competition entries submitted in the Print Category. For the Digital Category submitted online, 37 photographs, including the First Prize for Sony 4K Award and Sony Next Photographer Award (for photographers who are 30 years of age or less), were selected from 10,421 competition entries.
May the natural splendor of Japan be re-discovered in the landscapes, flora, fauna, people at work and other directly expressed subject matter.
Organizer
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