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Bronze 2021 People / Wedding

The Time of Blessing

  • Photographer
    Satoshi Takahashi
  • Agency / Studio
    Freelance Photojournalist
  • Prize
    Bronze in People / Wedding

Bride and groom of floating villagers performing a wedding ceremony at a catholic church in Kompong Luong floating village on Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia.

Satoshi Takahashi is a Japanese photojournalist. He was born in 1981 in Akita, Japan. Satoshi began his career as a freelance photojournalist in Cambodia since 2007. He had spent 11 years in the country covering social issues. In October 2018, Satoshi went back to Japan and currently he has been focusing on documenting stories of vanishing cultures in Akita prefecture concurrently with covering Cambodia. In March 2019, He was awarded the Domon Ken Award for his latest photo book "RESISTANCE" that is a compilation of his work in Cambodia.