Threads Discovery Project | find new pieces 'nightscape' | Encounter Unseen Talent | Focus #620

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

‘find new pieces’ is a discovery project that seeks out outstanding works from the multitude of submissions on Threads, delivering their allure through our magazine. Each edition features a new theme, gathering works from around the world that resonate with it, allowing us to encounter yet-unknown talent (new pieces).

On cizucu’s Threads, a spontaneous “photography theme” is posted.
Simply reply with “your shot” that fits the theme.

The only requirement to participate is to follow cizucu’s social media accounts 💙
From the submitted works,
those selected will receive a message from the cizucu editorial team!

This time, we present 12 works selected from a multitude of submissions from around the world.
Let’s explore these remarkable works, each brimming with unique perspectives and sensibilities.

Before you know it, your steps come to a halt.
There are nights when you find yourself captivated by a city that shows a different face from the daytime, for no particular reason.

Light diffused on windowpanes,
The red and blue of traffic signals,
The silhouette of distant buildings swaying,
A palpable presence quietly breathing within the silence.

It might be someone’s way home,
Or a solitary moment,
Or a fleeting feeling that cannot be put into words.

What kind of night did you capture when you pressed the shutter?
Show us the ‘nightscape’ that captured your heart in that moment.

Yaqin Li

📷 RICOHIMAGING GR II
💙 01

cizucu Editorial Team
The train window frames the scene like a picture frame, enclosing a world lit only by a warm orange glow. The city lights, blurred by raindrops, sway as if filtered through the lens of memory. The outside world is undeniably present, yet feels distant. This separation imbues the image with both quiet solitude and comfort. In this ambiguous time between destinations, the anticipation of arrival and the lingering night coexist. Through the contrast of inside and outside, the work vividly depicts an inner landscape.

Ashao
Cypher punk from Ashao

📷 FUJIFILM XT-50
💙 02

cizucu Editorial Team
A fragment of night composed with only the faintest light, boldly leaving much in darkness. Beyond the red-tinged frame, neon greens and blues sharply emerge, instantly conveying the city’s atmosphere. Shadows stretching across the glass hint at someone’s presence, yet their identity remains untold. This ambiguity gives the image narrative space. The restraint in explanation, letting color and light alone tell the story of night, is striking. A nightscape reminiscent of a cinematic scene, where silence and tension coexist.

Yi-Hsuan Lin
Each light represents a story.
A myriad of lights in the heart of the city.

💙 03

cizucu Editorial Team
A tower of light rises as if guided between high-rise buildings. At the heart of the city’s rhythm, woven by countless illuminated windows, it shines quietly yet with overwhelming intensity. The tension between the orderly lines of the buildings and the single beam stretching skyward eloquently conveys the city’s scale and density. Each room holds someone’s night, and at the culmination of these layers, a symbolic light emerges. A work that makes you feel the accumulation of countless nights.

Chansik Park
Midnight
Itaewon is one of Seoul’s most vibrant nightlife districts, known for its bars, clubs, and international crowd.
The night there never seems to sleep, always wearing an expression of excess. Neon signs, music, and laughter blur together, making the streets appear endlessly alive. Yet as midnight deepens, a quiet emptiness settles between the lights.
This photograph captures that quiet, hollow underside of Itaewon at the very hour when the night is expected to be at its brightest.

📷 LEICA M10-P
💙 04

cizucu Editorial Team
A street corner where neon bleeds into the night. A girl about to take a photo, and another gazing at her phone at her feet. Though sharing the same space, they seem to live separate stories. The multitude of pasted photos celebrate fleeting moments, while the vivid colors and cold pavement quietly reflect the city’s solitude and exhilaration. This work makes you pause and realize that you, too, are a character in this night.

劉紀廷
New Year's Eve at Senso-ji Temple

📷 SONY ILME-FX3
💙 05

cizucu Editorial Team
Beyond the silhouettes of a crowd shrouded in darkness, a majestic temple radiates dazzling light. This contrast accentuates the special quality of nighttime. Even if faces are unseen, the sense of prayer, anticipation, and excitement is palpable. The light not only illuminates the architecture but also brings forth the collective spirit of those gathered. The composition, capturing the intersection of stillness and movement, the sacred and the everyday, is striking. A powerful depiction of the exhilaration and unity that night brings.

穂（スイ）
Night’s Landmark

💙 06

cizucu Editorial Team
In a frame surrendered almost entirely to darkness, only a street sign and a lamp quietly emerge. Their modest light intensifies the sense of night’s vastness. The arrow pointing the way, the red circle that halts you—these meaningful signs quietly fulfill their roles at a deserted intersection. There’s a certain poignancy in this solitary scene. In stark contrast to dazzling nightscapes, here is a silent city. A work that delicately captures the quiet drama found in unremarkable places.

川﨑孝志

💙 07

cizucu Editorial Team
The afterimages and grains of noise crossing the frame seem to stir the very air of the night. The choice not to depict things clearly instead sharpens the contours of emotion. The figure blends into the background, with only the light cutting sharply through. This moment feels less like something seen, and more like a memory ‘experienced’. Rather than documenting the city at night, the work boldly presents a sensation that has passed through the body. A quiet testament to the strength of ambiguity.

Gino Cittadini

💙 08

cizucu Editorial Team
The composition, with wires converging as if drawn into the sky, is striking. Amid the cool blue-green air, a single streetlight glows softly orange, adding a hint of warmth. The beauty of symmetry and the perspective drawing the eye into the distance evoke the sensation of standing at the threshold of night. The quiet exhilaration and anticipation of the hour before full darkness. A work that captures the intersection of urban scale and human stride in a tranquil tone.

写施練

💙 09

cizucu Editorial Team
A geometric sequence of stairs emerges on a white wall. In the stillness of night, inorganic structures repeat as if marking a rhythm. The sharp division of light and shadow accentuates the architectural contours. Though no human presence is visible, one can almost imagine the footsteps ascending and descending. A work that meticulously extracts the functional beauty on the city’s reverse side in a cool tone. It evokes the sense of an orderly nightscape.

Samil Kuo
Santorini, Greece

💙 10

cizucu Editorial Team
Against a backdrop of ultramarine sky and sea, white cityscapes are gently wrapped in golden light. The terraced houses resemble steps leading into the night. The light spilling from each window and terrace conjures images of laughter and the presence of people at their tables. The warmth of life breathing alongside vast nature. This contrast elevates the nightscape beyond a mere scenic view. A work filled with the nostalgia of travel, gazing into the distance yet evoking a sense of familiarity.

ansonphc
Home Kong

📷 CANON EOS 6D
💙 11

cizucu Editorial Team
Streaks of light flow along the highway like a river, leading to a skyline studded with jewels. The moment when the city’s function and beauty simultaneously emerge is captured with meticulous clarity. The movement of countless cars becomes a single line, individual lives blending into a grand rhythm. The distant skyscrapers and the foreground infrastructure resonate, eloquently conveying the scale of the night. A vivid depiction of the city’s pulse, rendered in color and trajectory.

cheuk hin chan
夜景（nightscape）
Hong Kong City night

📷 SONY α7II
💙 12

cizucu Editorial Team
The light of a convenience store floats in the distance, framed by the darkness in the foreground. The voyeuristic perspective exquisitely creates a sense of distance in this night. The vivid white and green of the sign stand out as a tangible presence in the city, while the silhouette of a person gently dissolves. Though a place filled with the scent of everyday life, there is something cinematic about it. Even the most mundane shopping trip transforms into a special scene at night. A work that quietly captures a slice of daily life with lingering resonance.

How did you enjoy this feature?

The subject of ‘nightscape’ reveals entirely different expressions even in the same city, depending on where you stand or the passage of time. The works submitted this time conveyed not only brilliance and glamour, but also silence, solitude, lingering resonance, and the stories behind the light—each artist’s unique encounter with the night.

Discovering yet-unknown talent (new pieces)—that is the very role we hope to fulfill through this project, and we hope your expression will become the spark that reaches many more hearts.


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