July 29, 2021
Winners of the New Cosmos of Photography 2021 Announced
The final meeting of the New Cosmos of Photography 2021 [44th competition] Excellence Award Selection Committee was held at Canon Inc. headquarters in Tokyo.
This year, applications were received from March 17 until May 31, and 7 Excellence Award winners and 14 Honorable Mention Award winners were selected from 2,191 entrants.
Winners are listed as below. *Japanese syllabary order; honorifics omitted
Excellence Award winners
Naotatsu Kaku (selected by Noi Sawaragi), Kenji Chiga (selected by Yuki Onodera), Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo (selected by Minoru Shimizu), Taisuke Nakano (selected by Ryan McGinley), Koichi Mitsuoka (selected by Daisuke Yokota), Robert Zhao Renhui (selected by Gwen Lee), Wan Chaofan (selected by Takashi Yasumura)
Honorable Mention Award winners
Ayaka Endo (selected by Yuki Onodera), Yosuke Kakegawa (selected by Ryan McGinley), kikusahappa (selected by Daisuke Yokota), Masa Kudo (selected by Yuki Onodera), Shuji Koike (selected by Takashi Yasumura), Tatsuya Konda (selected by Ryan McGinley), Aisuke Kondo (selected by Minoru Shimizu), Hirohito Nomoto (selected by Minoru Shimizu), Takao Hashimoto (selected by Noi Sawaragi), Fujimura Family * (selected by Gwen Lee), Kazuhiko Matsumura (selected by Gwen Lee), Hiroki Miyamoto (selected by Takashi Yasumura), Chinatsu Yasuhara (selected by Daisuke Yokota), Seitaro Yamada (selected by Noi Sawaragi)
*In a press release issued on July 29, the winner’s name was “my ceramics (FF)” but it was changed to “Fujimura Family” upon the artist’s request.
The New Cosmos of Photography 2021 [44th Competition] Excellence Award winning works
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THE LAKE
Naotatsu Kaku
(selected by Noi Sawaragi) -
OS
Kenji Chiga
(selected by Yuki Onodera) -
Slaghuis II
Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo
(selected by Minoru Shimizu) -
Gentle swamp
Taisuke Nakano
(selected by Ryan McGinley) -
extraordinary___ordinary
Koichi Mitsuoka
(selected by Daisuke Yokota) -
Watching A Tree Disappear
Robert Zhao Renhui
(selected by Gwen Lee) -
Yes, The River Knows－Arakawa River
Wan Chaofan
(selected by Takashi Yasumura)
Honorable Mention Award winning works
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Kamuy Mosir
Ayaka Endo
(selected by Yuki Onodera) -
RALLY
Yosuke Kakegawa
(selected by Ryan McGinley) -
For when I talk with you someday
kikusahappa
(selected by Daisuke Yokota) -
Tokyo cyanoghosts
Masa Kudo
(selected by Yuki Onodera) -
Worlds in a small box (crisis of the biodiversity in the fresh water, but little hope is here)
Shuji Koike
(selected by Takashi Yasumura) -
I want your love
Tatsuya Konda
(selected by Ryan McGinley) -
Diaspora Memories
Aisuke Kondo
(selected by Minoru Shimizu) -
YARE
Hirohito Nomoto
(selected by Minoru Shimizu) -
Kette
Takao Hashimoto
(selected by Noi Sawaragi) -
PROOF OF LIVING
Fujimura Family
(selected by Gwen Lee) -
Exclusive Rainbow
Kazuhiko Matsumura
(selected by Gwen Lee) -
1/456,533
Hiroki Miyamoto
(selected by Takashi Yasumura) -
See Saw 2021
Chinatsu Yasuhara
(selected by Daisuke Yokota) -
KINGDOM
Seitaro Yamada
(selected by Noi Sawaragi)
