About Masahiro Hiroike

Masahiro Hiroike

Masahiro Hiroike was born in 1962 and graduated from Tottori Prefectural Yonago Higashi High School and Hiroshima University Faculty of Engineering. He is a system engineer and photographer living in Tottori Prefecture.

Hiroike began taking photographs seriously after developing a program that displayed photo slideshows. In 2020, he won 2nd place in the professional category, nature and wildlife category at the world's largest Sony World Photography Awards, and started his career as a professional photographer. He has won awards in many international contests, including 3rd place in 35AWARDS “Motion” in 2020 and 2nd place in Professional “Nature/Astro Photography” in 2020 IPA (International Photography Awards), and in 2023 he was invited by the Polish Photographers Association. A solo exhibition was held as a special exhibition at the Municipal Museum in Jeleniagla, Poland.

[Awards]

2015 Olympus Open Photo Contest Grand Prix

2017 National Geographic Best of August 2017 (TOP10 of 150,000 photos)

2020 Sony World Photography Awards 2020　Professional “Natural World and Wildlife” 2nd

2020 5th 35AWARDS "Motion” 3rd, “Night Landscape” TOP100

2020 IPA（International Photo Awards）Professional Nature-Astrophotography 2nd

2020 6TH Fine Art Photography Awards (London) NOMINEE x 3

2021 TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) Silver x 1, Bronze x 2

2021 BNW Minimalist Photography Prize 2020 BEST 50 Photographers

2022 Nature Conservancy‘s 2022 Global Photo Contest Wildlife Honorable Mention

2023 LensCulture Critics‘ Choice 2023　winner (Selected by Christie’s Darius Himes)

【exhibition】

2021 Solo Exhibition Yonago City Museum of Art "QUEST-Quest for Beauty"<Details>

2021 Solo exhibition (planned exhibition) Hiroo Hiroo, Tottori Prefecture Nambu Encounter Hall "Masahiro Hiroike Photo Exhibition"

2021 Solo Exhibition (Special Exhibition) Nichinan Town Museum, Tottori Prefecture "Masahiro Hiroike Photo Exhibition"<Details>

2022 Solo exhibition Tottori Flower Park "QUEST"

2022 Solo Exhibition Pictorico Shop & Gallery (in front of Tokyo Kokugikan) <Details>

2023 April 2024: A photo exhibition will be held at the Ilenya Gura Museum at the invitation of the Polish West Silesia Photographers Association.

[Publishing]

December 2019 Photobook "QUEST Vol. 1" published by Imai Publishing

July 2020 Published the photo book "HIME BOTARU" from Chiisana Imai

[TV appearance]

July 2022～　Chukai Television Broadcasting "Sanin Graphy"

[judge]

2022, He served as a judge (1 person each from 50 countries) for 7TH 35AWARDS (applications: 174 countries, 124,800 people, 480,500 works).

[Work provided]

From 2022 Provide Belgian digital art frame "ionnyk"

[Ambassador]

From 2020 HAIDA (filter manufacturer)

[Photographic Equipment]

Cameras: SONY α7R4, SONY α7R2, SONY α7R, CANON 6D

Lens: SONY FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS, SONY FE 20mm F1.8 G, SONY FE 14mm F1.8

SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art, SIGMA20mm F1.4 DG HSM, SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS , TAMRON 28-75mm F / 2.8 Di III RXD

Filter: HAIDA M10 system

廣池　昌弘

廣池昌弘は1962 年生まれ、鳥取県立米子東高校、広島大学工学部卒。鳥取県在住のシステムエンジニア＆写真家です。

廣池は写真をスライドショー表示するプログラムを開発したことがきっかけで本格的に写真を撮り始めました。 2020年に世界最大のSony World Photography Awards でプロフェッショナル部門、自然・野生動物カテゴリー第 2 位を受賞し、プロ写真家として活動を始めました。2020年 35AWARDS「Motion」第 3 位、2020年 IPA (International Photography Awards) プロフェッショナル「自然・天体写真」第 2 位など、幾つかの国際コンテストで入賞し、2023年にはポーランドの写真家協会の招待でポーランド・イェレニャグラ市の市営博物館の企画展として個展が開催されました。

【受賞歴】

2015年　オリンパス・オープンフォトコンテスト　グランプリ

2017年　National Geographic Best of August 2017（約１５万枚中の１０枚）

2020年　Sony World Photography Awards 2020　Professional “Natural World and Wildlife” 2nd

2020年　5th 35AWARDS "Motion” 3rd, “Night Landscape” TOP100

2020年　IPA（International Photo Awards）Professional Nature-Astrophotography 2nd

2020年　6TH Fine Art Photography Awards （London)　NOMINEE x 3

2021年　TIFA(Tokyo International Foto Awards)　Silver x 1 , Bronze x 2

2021年　BNW Minimalist Photography Prize 2020　BEST 50 Photographers

2022年　Nature Conservancy‘s 2022 Global Photo Contest Wildlife Honorable Mention

2023年　LensCulture Critics‘ Choice 2023　winner (Christie’s 写真責任者　Darius Himes氏選出)

【展示会】