Photographer Ōtake Hidehiro Finds His Path Forward

A great gray owl feeding its chicks. This photograph won the Nature Category Grand Prize in the 2018 Nikkei National Geographic Photo Awards. (2015)

The Steger Wilderness Center, at left, stands in the deep woods (2000). The lakeside boat-house where I stayed (1999).

The forest floor after the rain. (2011)

The cabin at Will Steger’s homestead where I stayed while shooting. (2001)

The dazzling northern lights above a snow-shrouded beaver lodge. (2011)

Moose in the morning mists. (2000)

The interior of Heikinritsu. (2021)

A showy lady’s slipper, the state flower of Minnesota. (2000)

Sunset over Lake Superior, with the night’s fresh ice piled against the shore. (2018)

A red squirrel licking maple sap. (2018)

Nōsuuzzu no mori de (Living in the North Woods), the September 2005 issue of Takusan no fushigi (A World of Wonders). The book is now available in a special hardcover edition.