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Honorable Mention BIFA 2023 Nature / Landscapes

The Door to Sanctuary

  • Photographer
    Hidenori Sono
  • Agency / Studio
    Studio O'nos
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Nature / Landscapes

It is one piece in Ibaraki Prefecture in the northern part of the Kanto area located in the central part of Japan. Shrines are deeply related to Japanese culture, and shrines have the sacred gates. One of them is built in the sea in Ibaraki. A sacred gateway is set up at the rocky place in the sea where the god is said to have descended. It is said to be the door between this real world and the world of heaven. The sun rises in front of the sacred gateway for about two weeks a year, and whether it can be worshiped without clouds is a world that only God knows. I felt blessed by God.

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.