2nd place
silver star award
Yoshihiko Wada
japan 
title
The Land of Connections: seasonⅡ
Imagine the life without the bridge you use every day.
Bridges make your life much easy and efficient.
The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks, using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement.
Think about that, today’s bridges are far from it. They are the cutting-edge architectures.
They are the symbol of our desire for convenience.
They symbolized our deepest desire for connections.
“The Land of Connections” is Yoshihiko Wada’s life work project which focuses on especially the large scale type of bridges in Japan.
The statistic shows that there are over 15,7000 bridges (length over 15m) .
Japan surely is “the land of connections”.
The new series has 5 various types of bridges including the world largest suspension bridge” Akashi Kaikyō Bridge “.
Not only capturing the structure of the bridges, it is important to include the surrounding scenery for well understanding their locations.
Then the 2x1 ratio panorama is both suitable for horizontally long bridges and surroundings.
Tech info:
Each image were 3-5 stitched panorama along with 3-5 minutes (for each) long exposure for eliminating moving objects, acquiring for flat sea with a dramatic sky. Also “Black and white” approach can focus on the design
Of bridges. Combining those techniques makes the series so unique that makes different from other typical bridge scenarios.
In search of something new and fresh, Yoshihiko's passion for photography started in 2011 when he purchased his first DSLR, a Nikon D90 which was the beginning of his unique photography career.
Waterfalls were his first obsession and found himself totally enamored with the surrealistic smooth flow caused by ND filters and found himself visiting a creek near his home every weekend, and experimenting with various filters.
He gradually changed his preferences and photography style and now finds himself in his most comfortable place in the black and white fine art genre. He found inspiration from both Julia Anna Gospodarou and Joel Tjintjelarr, who are pioneers of this genre. He learned the basics of this distinct post process style from them, daylight hyper long exposure with high contrast black and white processing. He now incorporates his own ideas, themes, colorings, and methods into his images.
He believes his photographs are not philosophical or difficult and everyone can easily understand them when they first see them. He thinks of his photographs as entertainment and if people can be entertained and feel joy from them he'd be very happy.
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entry description
Imagine the life without bridges.Imagine the life without the bridge you use every day.
Bridges make your life much easy and efficient.
The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks, using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement.
Think about that, today’s bridges are far from it. They are the cutting-edge architectures.
They are the symbol of our desire for convenience.
They symbolized our deepest desire for connections.
“The Land of Connections” is Yoshihiko Wada’s life work project which focuses on especially the large scale type of bridges in Japan.
The statistic shows that there are over 15,7000 bridges (length over 15m) .
Japan surely is “the land of connections”.
The new series has 5 various types of bridges including the world largest suspension bridge” Akashi Kaikyō Bridge “.
Not only capturing the structure of the bridges, it is important to include the surrounding scenery for well understanding their locations.
Then the 2x1 ratio panorama is both suitable for horizontally long bridges and surroundings.
Tech info:
Each image were 3-5 stitched panorama along with 3-5 minutes (for each) long exposure for eliminating moving objects, acquiring for flat sea with a dramatic sky. Also “Black and white” approach can focus on the design
Of bridges. Combining those techniques makes the series so unique that makes different from other typical bridge scenarios.
about the photographer
As well as being a passionate photographer, Yoshihiko is also a professional sound designer in the very demanding video game industry. The long days and nights debugging games or sitting in a sound studio would eventually wear him out.In search of something new and fresh, Yoshihiko's passion for photography started in 2011 when he purchased his first DSLR, a Nikon D90 which was the beginning of his unique photography career.
Waterfalls were his first obsession and found himself totally enamored with the surrealistic smooth flow caused by ND filters and found himself visiting a creek near his home every weekend, and experimenting with various filters.
He gradually changed his preferences and photography style and now finds himself in his most comfortable place in the black and white fine art genre. He found inspiration from both Julia Anna Gospodarou and Joel Tjintjelarr, who are pioneers of this genre. He learned the basics of this distinct post process style from them, daylight hyper long exposure with high contrast black and white processing. He now incorporates his own ideas, themes, colorings, and methods into his images.
He believes his photographs are not philosophical or difficult and everyone can easily understand them when they first see them. He thinks of his photographs as entertainment and if people can be entertained and feel joy from them he'd be very happy.
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