The Fireworks Ring

• Photographer
  Hidenori Sono
• Agency / Studio
  Studio O'Nos
• Prize
  1st Place in Special
• Socials
• Website
  https://studio-onos.jp/

Fireworks are a summer tradition in Japan, and the Omitama Fireworks Festival in Ibaraki Pref. will be held for the first time in 2023. I wanted to take beautiful photos of the fireworks reflected on the surface of Lake Kasumigaura. Many tourists from all over the world come to Japan to see Japanese fireworks. To express its beauty, I took a single shot photo with the theme of fireworks ring. Fireworks in Japan were originally set off to commemorate the dead and ward off epidemics. Disasters and accidents never end in the world. I hope my works will be a message of healing for many people.

• Biography
  This is Studio O'nos, established in August 2020. We are a small photo studio in Fukuoka prefecture. Under the slogan "Changing the future with photos", we are selling panels of such photos that will heal and cheer up the customers who decorate them. The idea of "with photos" rather than "by photos" is that our photos are a supporting role, and the main role is, of course, each customer. A single photo selected by the customer will move you. If you change your mind, you change your behavior. If you change your behavior, you change your future. We believe that it is our meaning to exist.
• Awards
  2022 IPA Honorable mention (3 works) 2022 TIFA Honorable mention (1 work) 2023 BIFA Special Category 1st Place 2025 IPA Nature(Seasonal) 1st Place 2025 BIFA Nature Gold 2025 PX-3 Nature Gold 2025 TIFA Nature Silver 2025 NYPA Nature Gold