The Moon in the Urban Rift

Photographer

SHIH HUNG YANG

Category

Black & White Photography - New Category

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2026

Country / Region

Taiwan

At dusk, I was weaving through the busy city streets, surrounded by towering, geometrically striking modern buildings. I glanced up casually and was struck by the scene before me. In that narrow rift of sky, squeezed by the structures on both sides, a bright, full moon was quietly emerging. The sharp edges and hard materials of the buildings unintentionally created a perfect geometric negative space frame for the soft moon. At that moment, the city's hustle seemed to fade away, leaving only a silent dialogue between the rigid man-made structures and the eternal celestial body.

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