/ 2026 / Fine Art / Abstract

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Nobuhiko Kawai, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  2021-02-28

This work redefines the mundane. By capturing the rim of a simple coffee cup at an extreme macro scale, the boundary between object and void transforms into a vast, silent horizon. The intentional use of grain adds a tactile, organic depth, evoking a sense of "Mitate"—the Japanese art of seeing one thing as another. It is a meditation on finding infinity within the smallest circle of our daily lives.