/ 2025 / Special / Street Photography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Kenji Higuchi, Japan

In the midst of cold architecture and vibrant red, a solitary figure ascends—expressionless, indistinct, as though absorbed into the mechanism of the city. The intersecting escalators create an illusion of infinite motion, a path with no clear destination. This image reflects the modern condition: moving forward without knowing why, swept along by the pace of society. It is a quiet critique of our passive existence in a system that rarely encourages self-reflection.