Shared Vulnerability

Photographer

Guido Schellekens

Category

Fine Art Photography - Pets

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2025

Country / Region:

Belgium

A young man and a cat, face to face. No movement. No words. Just eyes meeting in stillness — without fear, without expectation. For a brief moment, the world narrows to this fragile space between two beings, both equally exposed. It is not a moment of dominance or dependence. It is something quieter. More delicate. A silent recognition: you see me, and I see you. The pause is everything — the breath before retreat, the space where trust might form. There is no need to hold on. The strength of this image lies in its impermanence. In the openness of the gaze. In the acceptance that connection does not require permanence to be real. It is a decisive moment, not because something happens, but because nothing interrupts what is already there.

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