Masahiro Hiroike

Masahiro Hiroike was born in 1962 and is a photographer who graduated from Tottori Prefectural Yonago Higashi High School and the Faculty of Engineering at Hiroshima University.

Hiroike has worked as a systems engineer for over 30 years, working on industrial robots, CAD, and web systems, but he began taking photographs in earnest after developing a program to display photos as a slideshow. In 2020, he won second place in the Professional Division and Nature/Wildlife Category at the Sony World Photography Awards, the world's largest photo contest, and began working as a professional photographer. In 2023, he was invited by the Polish Photographers' Association to hold a solo exhibition as a special exhibition at the Municipal Museum in Jeleniagora, Poland.

[Awards]

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

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

Please see [AWARD] for details.

【exhibition】

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

2023 Special exhibition at the Municipal Museum of Jelenia Gora, Poland

Please see [EXHIBITION] for details.

[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、広島大学工学部卒の写真家です。風景、野生動物、抽象写真などを撮影しています。

私は30年以上システムエンジニアとして産業ロボット、CAD、WEBシステムを手掛けていましたが、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年に世界最大のフォトコンテスト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。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を開催して頂きました。

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