Galactic Railroad (Reverb+Graphy)

• Prize
  Gold in Special/Night Photography
• Photographer
  Asako Naruto

y thematic work "Reverb+Graphy" is an attempt to visualize images of current scene and past memories that play like reverberations in the brain. To embody this concept, I use prismatic lens filters that produce an amplifying effect.　This work is a spin-off of "Reverb+Graphy”.I took as my inspiration the image of "Galactic Railroad", which I became familiar with as a child through Japanese children's literature and animated films in my home country of Japan. I tried to create a poetic and nostalgic atmosphere by using expressions that evoke reverberations and afterimages.

A Japanese photographer based in Madrid. She studied design at Musashino Art University and completed doctoral studies in art history at Nagoya University. Her work explores traces of absence and hidden urban narratives, capturing subtle emotional resonances through a contemplative yet incisive gaze. Noted for her Madrid train-station series and experimental use of prisms and split diopters, she examines the fragility between presence and disappearance. She has received international recognition, including the Grand Prix at the Paris International Street Photo Awards and consecutive B&W Intern