/ 2026 / Special / Night Photography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Hideyuki Iwata, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  Jan.18th 2025
• Instagram
  omis_snow

A train glides quietly through a snowy night where even sound seems swallowed by darkness. As it passes a snowbound crossing, the faint light spilling from its windows briefly illuminates the white ground before disappearing back into the pitch black. A lone passenger is visible through the window, transforming an ordinary journey into a quiet meditation on solitude, uncertainty, and the unseen distance that lies ahead.