/ 2025 / Nature / Water

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yukio Nodo, Japan

Amidst a flooded forest wrapped in mist, time seemed to dissolve. There was no wind, no sound—only the quiet presence of water, trees, and one solitary paddler. Facing a lone tree, the figure did not appear to move forward, but to pause—as if in silent conversation. In that stillness, the boundary between self and nature faded, and what remained was a moment of balance: between breath and reflection, movement and meditation. This was not a scene to be seen, but a space to be felt—like a whisper from a world beyond thought.