Honorable Mention TIFA 2025 Fine Art / Other

City of Silence, Voice of A Child

  • Photographer
    Hideo Hayashi
  • Technical Info
    1/125?ISO100?f22
  • Photo Date
    2024/4/20

In a city built on steel and silence, a child climbs above the Playground equipment and gazes down at the Tokyo Skytree. I do not know what he was thinking—but for a moment, I imagined sharing his gaze, not through my eyes but through a quiet thought. This image is not about height, but about stillness, contemplation, and the quiet distance between childhood and the unknown future. In that moment, the silence spoke louder than the city itself.