Bronze in Nature/Domestic Animals / 2026 / Nature / Domestic Animals

• Prize
  Bronze in Nature/Domestic Animals
• Photographer
  Yushi Kaisyakuji, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  2026.01.13
• Website
  https://1x.com/syakurou
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/syakurou_photo/

A domestic cat is often seen as a familiar, gentle presence, shaped by human life and intimacy. Yet within its eye, I sensed something older—an instinctive wildness that has never fully disappeared. This image seeks to lift that hidden presence from the surface of the everyday and make it visible. By stripping away most color and leaving only the quiet glow of the eye, I wanted to reveal the untamed nature that still resides within a creature living so close to us.

Yushi K is a Japanese photographer and pediatric surgeon whose black-and-white wildlife portraits explore the quiet structure of life within animals. Informed by the precision and sensitivity of surgery, his work seeks not spectacle, but presence—dignity, fragility, tension, and resilience. By removing color, he invites viewers to confront each subject more directly, beyond appearance. His images embrace margin, silence, and incompleteness, allowing meaning to emerge through the viewer’s own perception. His practice aims to create photographs that are not simply seen, but deeply experienced.

Awards TIFA 2025 (Professional)
Nature / Wildlife – Silver Winner
Nature / Pets – Silver Winner
Nature / Wildlife – Bronze Winner
Multiple Honorable Mentions

PX3 2025 (Professional)
Nature / Wildlife – Silver Winner

50th Sony Monthly OPEN
Excellence Award (2nd Place)

MUSE 2026 (Professional)
Fine Art/ Wildlife - Platinum winner
Black & White/ Wildlife - Platinum winner

BIFA 2025 (Professional)
Nature / Wildlife – Honorable Mention

1x.com
464 Published works ,146 Awards 2024.04.21~2026.05.19

ONE EYELAND
203 Official Selections, 2026 Ranking #4
Photographer Of The week
Picture Of The Day 2026.08.04
ONE EYELAND Awards
Wildlife 2025 Bronze
Black & White 2025 Silver Japan Rank #6