Honorable Mention / 2024 / Nature / Earth

• Photographer
  Xuejun Long, China

One billion years ago, the only existence of life on Earth was the ocean where all things originated. There is only one Earth for human beings but there are not only human beings on Earth. Recognizing the rights of other species and being a moral species is not only the moral consciousness of humanity, but also the wisdom of human survival. This kind of wisdom is not postmodern, but traditional.