A meeting, which was open to the public, of the selection committee that decides the Grand Prize winner of New Cosmos Photography 2008 (the 31st competition) was held at a hall located on the first floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography on November 28, 2008. At the meeting, six Excellence Award finalists who were Grand Prize nominees-Okabe Tokyo, Kohei Koyama, Kenya Sugai, Masanori Hata, Ayano Hoya, and Miyuki Motoki-gave presentations and answered the judges’ questions. After that, a grand prize decision-making meeting was held.
The New Cosmos Photography 2008 (the 31st competition) Grand Prize winner was Masanori Hata!
Grand Prize winner Masanori Hata expressed his happiness and thanks, saying: “I am glad to have been able to shoot photos until now, and will continue to do to. Thank you very much.”
