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The Invisible Bond

Prize

Honorable Mention
Photographer

Makiko Akisawa, Japan
Date of Photograph

Oct 6 2024

It cannot be seen—
but it is already there.

Three hands,
reaching toward something not yet born,
not yet known—
but already loved.

This is the bond we cannot see.
And yet, it holds us all.