July 31, 2020
A meeting of the New Cosmos of Photography 2020 [43rd competition] Excellence Award Selection Committee was held at Canon Inc. headquarters in Tokyo.
This year, applications were received from March 18 until May 31, and 7 Excellence Award winners and 14 Honorable Mention Award winners were selected from 2,002 entrants.
Winners are listed as below.
Tsuyoshi Kaneda (selected by Mikiya Takimoto), Riichiro Goto (selected by Takashi Yasumura), Sergei P. Bakanov (selected by Paul Graham), Kiyoshiro Tatekawa (selected by Yuki Onodera), Seiya Higuchi (selected by Hiroshi Nomura), Hiroshi Miyamoto (selected by Noi Sawaragi), Yasuhide Yoshimura (selected by Minoru Shimizu)
Kou Ishikawa (selected by Hiroshi Nomura), Takuya Ishikawa (selected by Takashi Yasumura), Shuji Ogawa (selected by Noi Sawaragi), Yushi Kaku (selected by Minoru Shimizu), Tetsuo Kashiwada (selected by Mikiya Takimoto), Kohei Kawazu (selected by Takashi Yasumura), Wataru Gomi (selected by Mikiya Takimoto), Shion Sawada (selected by Hiroshi Nomura), Kota Shiga (selected by Yuki Onodera), Megumu Takasaki (selected by Noi Sawaragi), David-Natanael Robu (selected by Paul Graham), Makoto Tsukahara (selected by Minoru Shimizu), Hiroto Toyama (selected by Yuki Onodera), Kaori Fujiwara (selected by Paul Graham)