A Future Beyond Hardship

Photographer

Koga Nakatsuka

Category

London Photography - Black & White

Company

Submission Group

Student

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Japan

This work portrays aircraft as a crystallization of human technology, shaped through countless struggles, hardships, and painful moments. The darkness symbolizes the trials and difficult path carried throughout the history of aviation, while the aircraft rising toward the light represents hope, progress, and the journey beyond adversity into the world of the sky.

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