21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Out of This World

Taken at the Doll Village located in old-fashioned small Japanese valley called Iya in Tokushima Japan, where close to 300 dolls are displayed throughout the valley. It is said that there are ten times more scarecrows than human inhabitant. This is a non-photoshopped, self-portrait levitation photograph where fast shutter speed was used to freeze the motion.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Japan
Camera: ILCE-7RM4
Copyright: © Tomohiko Funai