Tokyo-based photographer Hayato Wakabayashi captures stunning photos
of frozen waterfalls, caves, and frost in his ongoing series Gravity. He’s bundled
in warm layers and weighed down by heavy gear, the daring photographer braves
the bone-chilling cold of Japan's mountainous regions in order to document
remarkable phenomenon in nature.
The majestic rushing cascades are frozen in
time and suspended in midstream, turning the familiar sight of waterfalls into
a stark, stylish winter wonderland. I started to become interested in the slow
and organic variations of nature," he explains. I have always been
spellbound with the unnoticeable growth built from repeated elements in nature.
Nothing can be escape gravity. You know, there’s a natural order that exists outside our rationalized
ideas. Gravity holds all that exists. I show nature’s order by snapping these
effects of gravity that we’re not usually aware of in our daily lives.
