Various prizes and publications of my photographs around the world.
– (March 2015) 1st Prize of the March 2015 Monthly Photo Contest, Popular Photography Magazine, USA
– (Nov 2015) Special mention (佳作) at the PPK 第10回舞妓ともみじ大撮影会 (http://www.photo-kyoto.jp/maiko2015/)
– (March 2016) Special Selection (特 選) at the Photo Partner West 第６回京都舞妓大撮影会 写真コンテスト (Summer 2016) (http://www.ppwest.org/maiko_6th/contest/index.html)
– LensCulture: While I didn’t win any prize for my participation in their Photo Contest, I did receive an invitational account on LensCulture.com (https://www.lensculture.com/patrick-hochner)
– (Nov 2016) PPK 11th Maiko and Momiji Photo Contest – 2nd Special Selection, 準特選 at the PPK 第11回舞妓ともみじ大撮影会 (http://www.photo-kyoto.jp/maiko2016/)
– 2016 PPK 11th Maiko and Momiji Photo Contest – 2nd Special Selection, 準特選 at the PPK 第11回舞妓ともみじ大撮影会 (http://www.photo-kyoto.jp/maiko2016/)
– (May 2017) N-Photo Magazine’s Photographer of the Year 2016, #5 in the Portrait category (www.digitalcameraworld.com) (https://1drv.ms/b/s!AmU2kbuhVY2HpBNaQb-80XC8QJ4m?e=LOjkFs)
– 2017, a Gurushots’s Top Pick in the contest “Solo Subject” enabled my photo to be exhibited at the Hinterland Gallery in Vienna (https://gurushots.com/challenge/solo-subjects/winners/all)
– One of my photos was featured on the cover of an article about Obon in the France Culture Papiers magazine
– (Fall 2018) A series of photos on “Devotion” was published in the Kyoto Journal issue #92 (https://kyotojournal.org/)
– (Dec 2018) Short article on Street Photography on the Photocrowd website (https://www.photocrowd.com/blog/209-best-lenses-street-photography/)
– 2019, one of my photos won the following three awards on Viewbug:
- (Janvier 2019) Won Contest Finalist in Image of the Month Photo Contest Vol 40
- (February 2019) Won Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Photo Contest Vol 47
- (March 2019) Won Contest Finalist in Covers Photo Contest Vol 1
– February 2019 – “Chishakuin” Prize at the 13th PPK Maiko and Momiji Photo Contest (https://mykyotophoto.com/chishakuin-prize-february-2019/)
– 2019 Weather Photographer of the Year 2019 – Finalist #9 of 24 (by Royal Meteorological Society www.rmets.org) (https://mykyotophoto.com/award-finalist/)
– 2020 Nikon Photographer of 2020 – Top 10 images selected by the N-Photo team (N-Photo Magazine, UK)
While I am not very organized, a number of my photos can be seen around the internet on my old photo website (patosan.com), as well as on Flickr, 500px, Viewbug, Gurushots, and Photocrowd.
And of course, you can follow me on Instagram
Here are various prizes and awards received…
