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Honorable Mention BIFA 2021 Nature / Trees

Sprouting Season

  • Photographer
    Kazuaki Koseki
  • Agency / Studio
    Photostudio Koseki
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Nature / Trees

Yamagata May,For one month from the end of winter to early summer, Lake Shirakawa is filled with snow melting water and a submerged forest appears. The color of the water in the lake filled with snow melting water changes color like light blue and light green, the mist that can submerge occasionally with submerged trees will show a fantastic scenery.The fresh green season came to Shirakawa Lake, The sun was shining on one side.It was a fantastic morning wrapped in deep mist.

Kazuaki Koseki 1977 born in Yamagata, Japan. His work is devoted to the landscape of Yamagata and Tohoku, Japan. Evoking the five senses through the four seasons, he photographs the world—weaving the mountains, the forests, and the rivers together. This is because I became familiar with fly fishing from 20s and naturally felt awe. This is to convey and protect the many problems that I have felt while walking in mountains, forests and rivers, such as "nature that changes due to Global warming" and "environmental problems".