He kept playing while the air thickened. I stayed quiet, watching him framed between trees and smoke. It wasn’t the fire that moved me, it was his stillness inside it. I took the picture without thinking too much. Only later did I realize how often childhood continues, even when the sky shifts.
Awards • 2025 – Winner in Portrait category | Head On Photo Awards | Sydney, Australia
• 2025 – TOP 200 in Critical Mass Photolucida
• 2025 – Finalist in Scenes of Life category | Life Framer | London, UK
• 2025 – Gold Winner in Editorial, Environment and People, Children categories | Budapest Foto
Awards (BIFA)
• 2025 – Silver Winner in People, Culture category | Budapest Foto Awards (BIFA)
• 2025 – 1st Prize in People, Children category | International Photography Awards (IPA)
• 2025 – Finalist in Film, Nature category | International Photography Awards (IPA)
• 2025 – Winner in Daily Life & Culture category | 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
• 2025 – Winner in Children category | 26th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards