/ 2025 / Fine Art / People

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yu Ma, China
• Date of Photograph
  2025.05.17

Perched on his father’s shoulders, a boy looks out at the world—a shared memory for many of us.

This image was captured on a quiet early summer beach, using a Ricoh film camera with Ilford PAN400.

In the cultural context of Eastern families, the father often represents the “mountain”—a figure of silent strength and stability. Here, the child begins his journey from that solid foundation, destined one day to grow into a mountain of his own.

This photograph is not only a record of warmth and presence, but also a meditation on legacy, inheritance, and the quiet endurance of love.