Grap hold of

Photographer

topho-san

Category

Black & White Photography - Human Form

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Japan

"The End of the Parish." Trees intertwine with trees. One tree holds on to the other. He says he will never grasp and never let go. Gripping it tightly with all his strength. This is not art created by man. With a look created by nature I felt some kind of strong intention. The power of a force so powerful that it grips you An expression of a will that says it will never let go. It is as if it is preparing for the shock of the apocalypse caused by man, as if it is worrying me never to let go of this hand. When I saw this I imagined what the world would look like in the future. Man foolishly collapses his own society, the earth. The trees that held on so tightly at the time of the apocalypse, as the survivors on the earth, will be the source of the continuation of life and the reemergence of life on the earth as a substitute for the human race, gradually swallowing up all the collapsed structures. Plants may flourish and spread, creating new life and purifying the earth that humans have polluted.

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