/ 2025 / Fine Art / People

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Ziesook You, United States

Broqpa is the name of a small village in Nepal. Ziesook first learned of it from a TV documentary, The Last Empire. Ziesook was moved by what she learned about a small village located at the end of the Silk Road in Nepal named Broq-pa. In Broq-pa, the symbolic meaning of flowers is very special. In the Nepalese culture, flowers symbolize love, happiness, and appreciation for God. Broq-pa’s women are committed to growing flowers in their garden and decorating their hair with flowers every day. Ziesook wanted to incorporate this traditional symbolism from Broq-pa into her work and into her life.