Honorable Mention TIFA 2024 Nature / Seasons

Cherry Blossoms In The Sunlight

  • Photographer
    Shiho Utsui
  • Agency / Studio
    Utsui Photo Office
  • Photo Date
    2024/4/15

All of these photos were taken with an iPhone and layered using an app. By layering photos, we expressed the atmosphere, temperature, smells, and the shimmer of the wind shaking the leaves. Japanese people love cherry blossoms. As we look back over our lives to the cherry blossoms, we wonder, ``How many more times will we be able to see the cherry blossoms?''

Born in 1983 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. I discovered the charm of cameras while working part-time at a camera store, and taught myself photography. Worked as a freelance photographer after working as a company employee. My works use flowers as motifs to express the joy and strength of life. Using multiple exposure and layering techniques, I create beauty and interest in color and form, and the illusion of light and shadow.