WINNERS

Liminal Echo

  • Photographer
    Ricardo Abril Marinho, Brazil
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

Captured at Brasília’s central bus terminal — a modernist transit hub designed as part of the city’s utopian urban plan — this image depicts a fleeting figure in an in-between space. The light, falling sharply at day’s end, casts dramatic geometries across the concrete, evoking a ghostly stillness. The location is designed for flow, not pause — a non-place in constant flux. This photo explores solitude, movement, and the surreal tension between human presence and impersonal architecture. It’s a quiet meditation on motion, isolation, and the strange poetry of public space. Brasília/Brazil/2024.