/ 2025 / Architecture / Cityscape

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yuanfeng Mao, United States
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/myf123asd/

At 8:17 PM on October 19th, 2024, an almost full waxing moon rose behind The Edge Observation Deck—a cantilevered sky platform 1,100 feet above Manhattan.
Planned to the second, this rare alignment—visible for only minutes—revealed the platform glowing with light, silhouetting visitors suspended between city and sky.
Two exposures were blended to preserve both lunar detail and structural light—no sky replacement or artificial composites were used.

I am Yuanfeng, a photographer based in New York and New Jersey. Since 2023, I have been exploring architecture and cityscapes through my lens, focusing on geometry, light, and the rhythm of urban forms. I often explore the color and emotion of the cityscape during golden hour and blue hour, and I also chase moon alignments that bring a poetic dimension to the urban skyline. My work seeks to capture the dialogue between structure, atmosphere, and celestial moments.

Awards 2025 · International Photography Awards (IPA) · 1st Place, Cityscape — City Reborn at Golden Hour

2025 · European Photography Awards (EPA) · Architecture Category Winner of the Year — Once on the Edge

2025 · Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) · 3rd Place, Cityscape — Empire in the Last Light

2025 · Budapest International Photo Awards (BIFA) · 1rd Place, Historical Architecture — Sanctuary in Stone

2025 · Tokyo International Photo Awards (TIFA) · 1rd Place, Cityscape — Empire in the Last Light