/ 2026 / Press / Nature/Environmental

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yoonjae Jeong, Canada
• Date of Photograph
  May 5, 2026

These photographs trace the aftermath of wildfire across the Canadian Rockies. Burned forests become lines of memory written across snowfields, while the rings of a charred tree preserve decades of life within a single scar. As new growth returns and human presence re-enters the landscape, the work shifts from destruction toward renewal. The series reflects on time, resilience, and the quiet process through which nature transforms loss into recovery.
1.Scars Across the Ridge
2.Valley of Ashes
3.Rings of Memory
4.Renewal
5.Crossing Through Silence
6.The River Remains