Conviction

Faith is a matter of choice—choosing to keep looking, even in doubt or fear. This series captures quiet scenes where belief isn’t declared but endured, distilled into moments that speak not of certainty, but of staying with what matters.

"To believe in the unseen is, in the end, to endure for something that may one day arrive."

This series follows the trajectory of emotion. Faint lines cut through the dark.

Quiet scenes float in space. At first, nothing happens.

Then suddenly, forms emerge—as if bursting—and the light begins to intensify.

I call that process belief.

Belief is a matter of choice. Even in moments of doubt, fear, and hesitation,

it is choosing to keep looking. Time accumulates.

Eventually, it condenses into a single moment, a single scene.

Black and white, color, line and circle, light and darkness push and

pull against each other to create rhythm.

Even if shapes remain vague, the emotion is undeniably clear.

It is structure, it is state— and it is the moment reached after enduring.

I hoped this series could become a language of emotion.

That for someone, it would be a scene that speaks without needing explanation.

And at last, I witnessed the moment when quietly accumulated things erupted into form.

What do we see that makes us believe?

This series is one attempt at that question.

Note: This series has been submitted to the

Sony World Photography Awards 2025 (Creative category).