/ 2026 / Nature / Landscape

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Limin Zheng, United States
• Date of Photograph
  2023.5.20

A small church stands between mountain and cloud, holding a fragile sense of order within an immense and changing landscape. Surrounded by shifting mist, dark slopes, and the weight of open sky, it appears both sheltered and exposed. The scene is quiet, but not still; everything around it feels in motion. What remains is a brief balance between permanence and uncertainty, where human presence seems delicate against the scale and power of the natural world, yet marked by quiet determination.