Gold in Nature/Other / 2026 / Nature / Other

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Other
• Photographer
  yanakiji, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  10 August, 2025
• Website
  https://yanakiji.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/yanakiji/

There is no wind. There is no sound. Yet, the palpable presence of a colossal wave crashing down remains etched in this place. Extending 110 meters in length and rising 15 meters high, this ancient monolith feels like a massive skate park sculpted by the hands of gods. Carved over millions of years, the rock face captures the sea's fluid motion, freezing it into stone. Standing within this petrified surge, I felt as if I were touching time itself. Before this immense curve of the earth, the existence of a human felt profoundly small, lost in the rhythm of eternity.