Honorable Mention / 2020 / Special / Street Photography

• Photographer
  Ajeesh Puthiyadath, Qatar

"Your photograph is a reflection of Yourself", said Minor White.

Apart from the simple composition, strongly built high-contrast treatment and the intriguing 'dragonflies' that hover around his head, the image is a portrait of ME from behind! Broadly speaking, it is a portrait of every man and woman. Hidden in the seemingly simple helicopters grumbling over his head is a superlative symbolism of sorts - one begins to hear the moan and murmur of thoughts, anxieties, and troubles of everyday life.