Drifting Gaze

Photographer

Hsien-Chih Chuang

Category

Special Category - Smartphone Photography

Company

Chinese Culture University

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Taiwan

This image uses the act of seeing while moving as a method, turning the coastline into a trace of memory. The horizon remains, yet details are softened by speed haze and vibration, leaving a space between recognition and disappearance. Rather than depicting a landmark, it preserves the feeling before arrival, letting the flow of time and emotional afterglow emerge through blur.

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