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
Final call for entries
Until July 30, 2026Submissions are still open. You have until July 30 to complete and finalize your entries for the 2026 PX3 Awards.
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