/ 2025 / Portraiture / Culture

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Marie-Carmen Hughes , France

Bashankhan, 7th generation Eagle hunter from Western Mongolia poses with his eagle. While she has only joined him a few weeks back, a real symbiosis can be witnessed between the two.
Eagle hunters traditionally only use Female eagles and release them after a few years to ensure they can go back in the wild. This eagle will be with Bashankhan for the next few years.