Dark Soul: Scenes from Korea

• Prize
  Gold in Architecture/Cityscapes, 1st Place winner in Architecture
• Photographer
  Yoshihiko Wada
• Technical Info
  Most images were captured by a daytime hyper-long exposure combined with Panorama technique.
• Photo Date
  June, 2023
• Website
  http://yoshihikowada.com/

These images are from my first travel to Korea in June 2023. I visited three big cities in Korea: Seoul, Busan, and Inchon. Seoul, it was so intriguing that historical architecture and modern live together. Busan, especially the coastal area looks like a little Dubai. The Inchon Bridge was worth looking for taking a detour to a new city, rapidly glowing in the country.

• Biography
  As well as being a passionate photographer, Yoshihiko is a professional sound designer in the demanding video game industry. Waterfalls were his first obsession and he found himself enamored with the surrealistic smooth flow caused by ND filters. He now finds himself in his most comfortable place in the black-and-white fine art architectural genre. In 2016, his panoramic long-exposure bridge-city scape “The Land of Connections” topped many photo competitions, including one of the prestigious awards, the International Photo Award (IPA).
• Awards
  Major Awards Achievement: Monochrome Awards 2015 – Architecture Winners (Professional) ND AWARD 2015 2nd place(architectere:other) ND AWARD 2016 2nd place(architecture:bridge) IPA2016 1st place(architecture: bridge) TIFA2016 1st place (Architecture of the Year, bridge) IPOTY 2016 1st place (Pro, architecture:bridge) EPSON PANO AWARDS 2016 4th place (Amateur-Built Environment) “Dark Ballet” Commended(top50) at Sony World Photo Wward2017 OPEN ,Architecture EPSON PANO AWARDS 2017 2nd place (Amateur-Built Environment) “Encounter” ND AWARD 2017 2nd place(architecture:bridge) TIFA2017 Discovery of the Year “The City of Juncture”