WINNERS

Intimacies of Childhood

  • Photographer
    Lilyan Aloma, United States
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

During my years as an Early Childhood Teacher,my photographic fascination became the wisdom of this fundamental stage of life. When children come together, what they see in each other can serve as a mirror for us as adults. The purity of childhood produces an intensity of interaction, which supersedes all boundaries of heart and mind. Compassion, fear, sadness, competition, and an infinite variety of emotive tones reflect and surpass the depth of our own adult lives. My observations confirmed that our place in the world is certainly carved out at a very early stage in life.