Landscape - NOMINEE: Masato Ninomiya

The wintertag (winter day) series is one of the winter landscapes in Japan. This series is an ongoing project, starting in January 2014. These are photos at the foot of Mount Fuji and my hometown (central Kanagawa prefecture / An area along the Sagami River). The Lake Yamanaka at the foot of Mount Fuji is approximately 70km distance from my hometown. In my hometown, it snows rarely however, the Lake Yamanaka freezes every year. In November 2016, it snowed for the first time in 54 years in my hometown. The Lake Yamanaka is the headstream of the Sagami River and it is the only lake with natural debouch into the rivers among the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji. These landscapes are simplified by snow and I also tend to express simply and minimally.

About author:
Masato Ninomiya (Tokyo, 1972) is a self-taught photographer based in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a landscape photographer. He works on several photographic projects. His interests are focusing on the history of his hometown of Kanagawa and the relationship with nature and the environment.

Competition
2022 Shortlisted at IMA next #025 STORY / Series “Reincarnation”
2021 Shortlisted at URBANAUTICA Institute Awards 2020 / Series “Coastline”
2019 Landscape : NOMINEE at International Photography Grant / Series “Wintertag”

Publication
2022 FotoFilmic JRNL 11 Winter 2022 Issue / Series “Wintertag”
2020 Goldenrod zine Issue 01
2020 Incandescent zine Issue 17
2017 EYESCAPE MAGAZINE special issue CONNECTIONS

Exhibition
2022 A juried group show “Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture” at Black Box Gallery / from the series “Coastline”
2020 “Hidden Histories” virtual exhibision by In conversation With / Series “Borderland”

Contemporary photography platform
2021 Landscape Stories Magazine blog / Series “Coastline”
2020 International Photography Magazine / Series “Wintertag”
2020 Landscape Stories Magazine blog / Series “Borderland”
2020 Landscape Stories Magazine blog / Series “Wintertag”
2020 of the land & us / Series “Wintertag”
2019 New Landscape Photography / Series “Wintertag”
2019 SEEN Magazine / Series “Wintertag”
2019 Don’t Take Pictures (Photo of the Day) / from the series “Wintertag”
2019 Phases Magazine / Series “Wintertag”
2016 | In a clearing | / Series “Wintertag”

Portfolio review
2021 Online portfolio review by IMA editorial department (Reviewer: Naoko Higashi. Editor of IMA magazine and project manager of Tokyo Art Book Fair)
2010 The 1st Yokohama Photo Festival Open portfolio review at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Building No.1 (Event produced by Yoichi Nagata)