Black Diamond City - Dhanbad

Photographer

Hridgandha Mistry

Category

Black & White Photography - Landscapes

Company

HRIDGANDHA MISTRY PHOTOGRAPHY

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2024

Country / Region

India

Standing amidst the vast quarries, surrounded by towering piles of stones extracted from the earth, I was struck by a profound sense of awe. The enormity of the scene, coupled with the sight of fires smoldering deep within the earth's core, stirred a primal reverence within me. As wisps of smoke wafted around me, I couldn't help but contemplate the stories I had heard of entire structures being swallowed by these unfathomable depths. In that moment, a sobering realization washed over me: we are but fleeting beings in the grand scheme of existence, destined one day to return to the embrace of Mother Earth. Yet, paradoxically, there was a strange serenity in this realization. As I stood there, surrounded by the echoes of ancient forces at work, I found solace in the knowledge that, in the end, we are all inexorably bound to the same earthly fate. And amidst it all, I couldn't help but savor the profound beauty and poignancy of the moment.

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