/ 2025 / Special / Street Photography

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Alec Rill, United States

The Darkness That Never Ends: Life Under Blackouts in Cuba
The sun sets over Havana with a beauty both romantic and tragic. Its orange and pink hues paint the crumbling facades of colonial buildings, the Malecón bathed in golden light. But as the light fades, so too does the power, and a darker reality seeps into the lives of ordinary Cubans.
For them, nightfall no longer signifies rest but a helpless dance with uncertainty.