Galactic Railroad (Reverb+Graphy)

• Prize
  Gold in Special/Night Photography
• Photographer
  Asako Naruto
• Website
  https://asakonaruto.myportfolio.com/

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.

• Biography
  Asako Naruto is a Japanese photographer based in Madrid, trained in design at Musashino Art University and art history at Nagoya University. Her work explores traces of absence and untold urban stories, including a Madrid train-station series and playful work using prisms and split diopters. Since 2022 she has won consecutive Grand Prix awards, including the Paris International Street Photo Awards and B&W International Awards, plus recognition from All About Photo Awards 2026, juried by Steve McCurry. Her first photobook, All the Fading Words, was published by Snap Collective, Denmark, 2025.
• Awards
  [ BOOK ] • All The Fading Words (SNAP Collective, Denmark, 2025) [ SELECTED AWARDS ] • Paris International Street Photo Awards (2023, 2024, 2025) – 1st Place • B&W International Awards (2024, 2025) – 1st Place; 2026 – 2nd Place • ND Awards 2025 – 1st Place • Fine Art Photography Awards 2025 – 1st Place • PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024 – Gold • 35 Awards 2025 – Best Photographer of the Year (Street), 1st Place (Street Series) • Life Framer Black & White Award 2026 – Winner • All About Photo Awards 2026 – Winner (Juror: Steve McCurry) • BBA Photography Prize 2026 – Shortlisted [ PUBLICATIONS ] • AAP Magazine #39: *Shadows* (2024) • AAP Magazine #41: *B&W* (2024) • AAP Magazine #52: *Street* (2025) • *Deep Streets #21*, Eyeshot (2026) [ SELECTED EXHIBITIONS ] • ART-ICON, *Corporeality* — Bastille Design Center, Paris (2024) • House of Lucie, *TIFA 2024 Winners Exhibition* — Budapest (2025) • ART-ICON, *Faces* — Arles (2025) • B&W International Awards 2025 Winners Exhibition — Kiff & Marais, Paris (2025) • Treviso Photographic Festival — Treviso (2025) • Paris International Street Photo Awards 2025 Winners Exhibition — Magazzini Fotografici, Naples (2025) • BBA Photography Prize 2026 Exhibition — BBA Gallery, Berlin (2026) [ JURY ] • 35 Awards (10th Edition) — Jury Member, Representing Spain • Mobgraphia Mobile Photo Festival 2025 — Jury Member, São Paulo, Brazil