KOHEI YAMASHITA
Black Lightning

Seen from a drone in mid‑winter, this Icelandic river cuts across a snow‑covered plain like a bolt of midnight energy. I rotated the frame so the channel strikes diagonally, turning gravity’s flow into a graphic flash against untouched white. The water appears jet‑black because volcanic sediment absorbs the low light, while thin ice along the banks traces a faint corona. With no horizon or landmark, scale collapses; what might be kilometers now feels like a single electric stroke on paper. The image invites viewers to read the landscape as a momentary charge—nature sketching its own calligraphy in shadow and snow.

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