Flying Eagle
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Photographer
Eriko Kaniwa
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Date of Photograph
Jan. 2016
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Technical Info
Nikon D810
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Socials
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Website
Japanese mythology has an eagle god, appearing in the "Nihon Shoki" and "Kogo Shui" as "Amenohiwashi-no-kami". Our ancestors likely felt a special respect for large birds like eagles and hawks. Within today’s urban culture, there is little opportunity to directly experience this feeling of respect for wild eagles. The fletching on the arrows used in Shinto ceremony and Japanese archery offer a small glimpse, but the Hokkaido eagle in these images treated me to a show of many dignified poses. Constantly looking down on a vast swath of earth as they move across the sky, freely using their powerful ability to processing all that information, eagles exist in an entirely different dimension than humans. For Japan, the eagle is a symbol of the great power of nature that has existed since ancient times.
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Biography
Eriko Kaniwa is a digital artist based in Tokyo, and the creator of the SENSEGRAPHIA FINE ART. Sensegraphia is a conceptual redefinition of photography, in which the visual aesthetics of the photograph are used to develop and express a sense of nature that enables us to recognize that humans are a part of nature and that we are involved in nature's dynamics.
She creates digital artwork based on her unique philosophy. Her work has been displayed at galleries in Barcelona, as well as at the art fairs and international exhibitions such as Fotofever Paris etc.
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Awards
2024
- GLOBAL ART VIRTUOSO: ELITE ARTISTIC CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- PERSONA ART AWARD
- PX3 / THE PRIX DE LA PHOTOHGRAPHIE PARIS Honorable Mention
- The Luxembourg Art Prize 2024, the museum collection
2022
- IPA / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Official Selection / 2nd place
- PX3 / THE PRIX DE LA PHOTOHGRAPHIE PARIS Bronze
- LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION FINALIST, Official Selection
2021
- THE LUXENBOURG ART PRIZE the museum collection
- PX3 / THE PRIX DE LA PHOTOHGRAPHIE PARIS Bronze
- SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS / National & Regional Awards (JAPAN) Short Listed
- IPA / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Honorable Mention
- LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION FINALIST - Official Selection
- FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Nominee x 3
2020
- IPA / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2nd place
- PX3 / Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris Silver prize in Book/ Fine Art
- FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Nominee x2
2019
- THE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS / 13th POLLUX AWARDS OVERALL WINNER
- IPA / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Honorable Mention
- PX3 / THE PRIX DE LA PHOTOHGRAPHIE PARIS Bronze
- FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 5th. Nominee x 3
2018
- THE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARDS / 12th POLLUX AWARDS OVERALL WINNER
- IPA / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 3rd. place
- PX3 / THE PRIX DE LA PHOTOHGRAPHIE PARIS Honorable Mention x2
- ROYAL ARTS PRIZE V EDITION OVERALL WINNER
- SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS COMMENDED PHOTOGRAPHER
