WINNERS
Echoes of Self
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PhotographerTon Schless, United States
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PrizeHonorable Mention
Echoes of Self explores identity, memory, and belonging through self-portraits created with a 4×5-inch camera on hand-coated nineteenth-century glass dry plates. Entering the landscape as a participant rather than an observer, I allow the body to gradually dissolve into nature’s rhythms. The slow process and the intentionally introduced imperfections become metaphors for the fragility of memory and the unfinished nature of human experience, suggesting that purpose emerges through presence rather than certainty.
