Artist CV
Photographer: Masahiro Hiroike
Education
1985: Graduated from Hiroshima University, Faculty of Engineering
Awards
2025 Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest "NATURAL WORLD" Finalist
2023 LensCulture Critics' Choice 2023 Winner (Selected by Christie's Darius Himes)
2022 Nature Conservancy's 2022 Global Photo Contest Wildlife Honorable Mention
2021 BNW Minimalist Photography Prize 2020: BEST 50 Photographers
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST Photo of the Day: 01.29.21
TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards): Silver x 1, Bronze x 2
BNW Minimalist Photography Prize 2020-2021: BEST 50 Photographers
EPSON Pano Awards BRONZE
2020 Sony World Photography Awards Professional “Natural World and Wildlife” 2nd place
IPA (International Photo Awards) Professional Nature-Astrophotography 2nd place
35AWARDS "Motion" 3rd place
6TH Fine Art Photography Awards (London) NOMINEE x 3
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST Photo of the Day: 12.04.20
2019 National Geographic Photo Of The Day,APRIL 5, 2019
2017 National Geographic Best of August 2017
Nikkor Photo Contest, Special Prize (4th place in category)
2015 Olympus Open Photo Contest, Grand Prix
Nikkor Photo Contest, Special Prize (4th place in category)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Nichinan Town Museum of Art, Tottori Prefecture
2023 Jelenia Góra Czeplice Natural History Museum, Poland (Museum Exhibition)
2023 Lower Silesia Art Photographers and Creators Association Gallery, Poland (Association Exhibition)
2022 Pictorico Gallery, Tokyo
2021 Nichinan Town Museum of Art, Tottori Prefecture (Museum Exhibition)
Yusei Encounter Hall, Nanbu Town, Tottori Prefecture (Museum Exhibition)
Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori Prefecture (Tottori Prefecture Cultural Promotion Subsidy)
Group Exhibitions
2020 Sony Imaging Gallery Ginza, Sony World Photography Awards 2020 Award-Winning Works Exhibition
Publications
2025 Yamakei Calendar 2026 "The Unknown Beauty of Japan" Yama-kei Publishers
2024 Yamakei Calendar 2025 "The Unknown Beauty of Japan" Yama-kei Publishers
2020 Photobook "HIMEBOTARU" Chiisana Imai
2019 Photobook "QUEST/Exploration Vol. 1" Imai Publishing
Magazine Publications
2025 WILL Magazine December Issue "Contemporary Photographer Series: Masahiro Hiroike
2024 Kateigaho September Issue, 6-page illustration
TV Appearances
2022-2023 Nakai Television Broadcasting "San'ingraphy" All 11 episodes, starring role
Judge
2025 PSA (The Photographic Society of America) “PID Landscape Competition”
2022 7th 35AWARDS (One person from each of 50 countries)