RYUICHI

Photography
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Works

Five series — brief lives, kept in light.

Series 01

The Deep

BIFA 2025 Gold — Nature/Underwater

Jellyfish drift through black water like lanterns carried by a slow current. In the deep, light does not fall from above — it is born from the creatures themselves.

A crimson jellyfish glowing in dark water
Crimson Lantern of The DeepBIFA 2025 Gold
A pale jellyfish trailing luminous filaments
Deep
A violet jellyfish blooming in dark water
Flower of the Deep
Series 02

Whispers In The Dark

BIFA 2025 Bronze — Macro Photography

Low-key macro studies of butterflies and blooms surfacing from darkness. Shot in found light, wide open — listening for the smallest voices of the garden.

A white butterfly on a thistle in low-key light
Whisper on the Thistle
A butterfly resting in a monochrome garden
Garden of Silence
A butterfly on a pale flower emerging from darkness
Margin of Light
A butterfly on white winter flowers
Winter Light
A cosmos flower sinking into shadow
Cosmos, Quietly
A red spider lily floating in darkness
Afterimage in Crimson
A maple leaf against sparkling bokeh, monochrome
Grains of Light
Series 03

Ephemeral Lives

TIFA 2025 HM / PX3 2025 HM — Shy Little One

Brief encounters with small lives — an infant monkey hiding behind a leaf, birds of passing seasons, wings that last only weeks. Portraits of moments that will not come again.

An infant monkey hiding behind a fallen leaf
Shy Little OneTIFA 2025 HM / PX3 2025 HM
A white-eye bird among plum blossoms
Herald of Spring
A shrike perched on a winter branch
Winter Sentinel
A monitor lizard rim-lit against darkness
Scales of Light
A black swallowtail over red spider lilies
Crimson Encounter
A butterfly perched on a purple thistle in dark tones
Violet Hour
A butterfly resting on a sunflower
On the Sun
A red camellia in the rain
Camellia, Scent of Rain
A frost-covered camellia
Frozen Bloom
Series 04

Where Light Rests

TIFA 2025 Silver / IPA 2025 HM / PX3 2025 Bronze / BIFA 2025 HM

The last minutes of light — dusk melting into a pond, storm light sweeping a flower field. Landscapes at the moment light decides to leave.

A flower field under brooding storm clouds
The Orchestrated ChaosTIFA 2025 Silver / IPA 2025 HM / PX3 2025 Bronze
A driftwood twig on a golden pond at dusk
Golden SilenceBIFA 2025 Honorable Mention
Afterglow reflected on a still waterside
Afterglow
Series 05

Urban Geometry

The city reduced to line, rhythm and repetition. A quieter kind of nature — one made of steel, glass and shadow.

A high-rise facade against vivid blue sky
Boundary Line
Fallen leaves arranged on blue pavement tiles
Autumn Arrangement
Skyscrapers converging overhead in monochrome
Vertical Forest
A tunnel of repeating steel frames
Into Repetition
Steel structure silhouetted against dusk
Iron Dusk
Rhythmic lines of a building facade
Breath of Lines
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Awards

International photography awards

One EyelandPortfolio — Official SelectionOfficial Selection
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About

The photographer

Everything I photograph is on its way to disappearing.
A butterfly resting between flights. A spider lily at its last brightest red.
A jellyfish pulsing like a lantern in the dark. Dusk dissolving into water.
The shutter cannot stop time — but it can keep a small proof
that something fragile, once, was truly here.

NAME
RYUICHI
GENRE
Nature Macro / Street / Minimalism
GEAR
SONY α7CR / OM SYSTEM OM-3 / iPhone 17 Pro Max
BASE
Kyushu, Japan
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Contact

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