Masumi Shiohara was born in 1974 in Nagano, Japan. Graduated from the department of physics at the faculty of science in Toyama University. He worked at a micro-machining company as a development engineer. After leaving the company, he took over the management of the family orchard from his parents and is now running a farm. While growing fruit here he became interested in capturing them into works of photographic art, a skill which he picked up by himself. The inspiration to capture these photographically originally came when he was requested to supply fruit on a branch to a botanical artist - since then he has continued producing photographic art works of fruit on a branch. He is printing ‘the works like botanical art with white back ground’ on vellum of genuine parchment, and ‘the works with a black background’ on glossy paper. From now on, he is keen to present works with the theme of the importance and value of food another line of work he is involved in.

Exhibition
2018・Epson Imaging Gallery "epSITE".

Award History
2018
・THE FENCE 2018 food category winner
・PDN Exposure Photography Award Winner
・Moscow International Fotography Awards - MIFA
　　New Talent of the Year
・TIFA(TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS)
　　1st place
・SONY World Photography Awards 2018
　　Open Shortlist Still Life
・IPOTY 2017 Honorable Mentions×3
・ONE EYELAND AWARDS 2017 Silver×7 Bronze×1
・IGPOTY competition11 Portfolio : Highly Commended
2017
・ND AWARDS 2017 3rd place
・PDN TASTE 2017 1st place
・INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017
　　1st Prize Winner - Food Category
　　2nd Prize Winner - Food Category
　　2nd Prize Winner - Other Category
・MIFA 2017 Non-Professional
　　Category Winner Advertising　3rd Place
　　Subcategory Winner Advertising-Food_AD [Gold]
　　Subcategory Winner Advertising-Food_AD [Silver]
　　Subcategory Winner Portfolio-Food [Bronze]
・The Paris Photo Prize 2017
　　Bronze Winner - Fine Art Category
　　Silver Winner - Nature Category
　　Silver Winner - Monograph Category
　　Silver Winner - Other Category
　　Honorable Mention - Category
2016
・ONAEBA Yumenosaki Project Grand prize
・TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards)
　　 1st Place Science