Threads Discovery Project | find new pieces ‘animal’ | Encountering Unseen Talents | Focus #600

Threads, a text-centric social media platform provided by Meta, is a space where countless forms of expression are posted daily from across the globe.

‘find new pieces’ is a discovery project that seeks out outstanding works from the multitude of submissions on Threads, delivering their appeal through our magazine. Each edition sets a theme and curates works from around the world that align with it, allowing us to encounter new, undiscovered talents (new pieces).

This time, from the many submissions received from around the world, we present 11 works.
Let’s take a look at these remarkable pieces, each brimming with unique perspectives and sensibilities.

The world is home to an uncountable number of animals,
with many species yet to be named.
And yet, every encounter is always fleeting.

A wary gaze, a moment of relaxation, gestures that maintain distance.
The silent presence, the rhythm of breathing.

Each of these moments accumulates, and within a photograph, the unique relationship of that instant is preserved.
What kind of ‘distance with animals’ have you captured?

Show us the one-of-a-kind moment between you and an animal that exists nowhere else in the world.

mariecollie0208
今日は雪がたくさん降ったと聞いて、 仕事が終わってすぐ 「マリと少し雪でも見に行こうか？」って出かけたんだけど……
まさかの、雪がどっさり降ってる〜〜😂
テンション上がりながら散歩して、 素敵な雪景色をしっかり堪能してきました！！

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📷 SONY α7R V

cizucu Editorial Team
This photograph captures the moment when the distance between human and animal narrows in a snow-covered forest. The act of crouching down to meet at eye level conveys a fleeting tension and trust as two lives synchronize their breath. The relationship with animals is not built through words, but through distance, movement, and timing. The unique ‘form of relationship’ that exists only in that instant is quietly etched alongside the falling snowflakes.

toshi
Early morning at the monkey beach on Koh Larn, Thailand.

💙 02

cizucu Editorial Team
The gathering of figures atop the sheer rocks carries a strong sense of symbolism. Backlighting strips away facial expressions and details, leaving only the movement and proximity of bodies. This minimal information eloquently conveys their relationships. The behaviors exchanged in such a harsh environment are both survival wisdom and a testament to trust. This work quietly presents us with the ‘time of the herd’ that animals share.

Ian Chen

💙 03
📷 FUJIFILM X-T4

cizucu Editorial Team
The immense body breaking the surface of the sea, surrounded by the gazes of humans—this work instantly communicates a palpable tension. The animal asserts its presence at the center, while humans become mere witnesses to the moment. The power dynamics are clearly articulated through composition and scale. The distance, fraught with fear and respect, curiosity and caution, is not easily bridged. Precisely because of this, the moment is truly an encounter, quietly confronting us with the gravity of facing nature.

ありぺい
FOX

💙 04
📷 SONY α7 IV

cizucu Editorial Team
The gaze peering out from deep within the thicket imbues this image with a taut sense of distance. Even while hidden, the eyes quietly narrate the animal’s wariness and intelligence. The relationship is so delicate that getting too close would shatter it; thus, this just-before-the-threshold distance is maintained. The tension born at the boundary between human and animal gives this work profound depth.

Oikawa Syohei
Life

💙 05
📷 CANON EOS R

cizucu Editorial Team
The fleeting movement rising from the dark water leaves a vivid impression. Amidst the quiet, only the splash and the spread of wings stand out, capturing the animal’s action as pure rhythm. The absence of human presence preserves the original flow of time in this place. Bearing silent witness to nature’s workings, the certainty of that moment is powerfully inscribed in this photograph.

Van
Friends

💙 06

cizucu Editorial Team
This image is memorable for the taut relationship of gazes between foreground and background. The intentional blur naturally draws the viewer’s eye to the animal in the back, emphasizing the restrained sense of distance. While sharing the same space, neither intrudes upon the other’s domain. This quiet tension gently brings to light the authentic daily life of animals in the corners of the city.

piclllri
🦒

💙 07

cizucu Editorial Team
The inquisitive gaze and slightly relaxed mouth draw the viewer in. Even within the managed environment of a zoo, this moment of sudden closeness seems to be driven more by curiosity than caution. The boundary between human and animal momentarily dissolves. This work reminds us that relationships can arise from unexpected expressions.

BX
重生 rebirth

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cizucu Editorial Team
The green outline emerging from the darkness is imbued with quiet tension. The coiled, motionless form powerfully asserts its presence through stillness. Neither rejecting nor inviting the viewer’s presence, it simply maintains its boundary. The composition, revealing only what the light touches, subtly suggests that our relationship with animals is never one-way.

マユ
"いのち"です

💙 09
📷 FUJIFILM SP-3000

cizucu Editorial Team
The direct gaze in this image exudes a quiet presence. Standing still in the expansive pasture and clear sky, without any special movement, the subject simply exists. This unwavering stance allows us to feel the relationship between human and animal not as ‘management’ or ‘observation’, but as co-inhabitants of the same landscape. Though there is distance, the moment of eye contact creates a tangible connection that gives this photograph its depth.

heiiin
슬픈 눈의 짐승

💙 10
📷 LEICA CAMERA AG D-Lux 7

cizucu Editorial Team
The fur filling the frame and the quietly shining eyes within it. By reducing the distance to the extreme, the animal is felt not as an ‘object’, but as a singular being. Even without expression, the proximity conveys breath and warmth. This work gently offers the moment when the act of seeing shifts from observation to coexistence.

f2351364

💙 11
📷 OM Digital Solutions OM-5

cizucu Editorial Team
The sharp gaze peering through the leaves creates a quiet tension. The composition, which does not reveal everything, intensifies the animal’s presence, capturing only distance and atmosphere. While we may think we are observing, in reality, we are being observed. This reversal of perspective gives the photograph its unique depth. This work gently reminds us that the relationship between human and animal is always founded on mutual observation.

wang fong ya
The softness is not posed.
It simply appears,
when the light arrives at the right distance

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cizucu Editorial Team
Bathed in gentle light, this unguarded gesture is captured in a photograph that brings a smile to your face. The animal’s relaxed expression and protruding tongue convey a sense of true comfort in this place. This moment, born from a natural surrender to the environment, is only possible when the animal feels completely at ease. The photograph depicts the serene and quiet time that arises only when the distance between human and animal is reduced to its minimum.

How did you enjoy this selection?

Even when photographing the same subject—‘animal’—the distance and timing of each encounter reveal entirely different expressions. The works submitted this time conveyed not only cuteness and strength, but also wariness, tension, and quiet trust—each photographer’s unique ‘time with animals’ was clearly felt.

Discovering new, unseen talents (new pieces)—that is the very role this project aims to fulfill. We hope your creative expression will reach and inspire many more hearts.


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