23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
cliffdiving

This photo was taken in the summer of 2025 when I was travelling in Italy. I passed by a group of teenagers who were sunbathing on the cliff near the bay of Portofino. One the boy was trying to convincing his girlfriend to jump off the cliff into the ocean with him. But the girl was too afraid, so the boy jump off the cliff by himself to demonstrate to the girl. I took this photo when he was showing the girl how to jump off the cliff. The day after this photo was taken, I tried my very first time cliff diving. And this photo is a great capture of what it feels like to do cliff diving.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Portofino, Italy
Camera: ILCE-7RM3
Copyright: © Jiangxu Chen