Five Minutes to Midnight

Photographer

Uryutalk

Category

International Photography - Japan Photography

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Japan

A woman sits beside a stopped clock whose hands have nearly reached the hour, roses already past their fullest bloom at her side. Rendered in deep monochrome, the image holds the last quiet moment before something ends — not with alarm, but with composure. It is a portrait of waiting: of beauty and time meeting at the edge, and choosing stillness over flight.