The Earth Remembers Through Us

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Shukri Zali, Malaysia
• Date of Photograph
  2025
• Website
  https://www.instagram.com/shukrizali_archive/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/shukrizali_archive/

The Earth Remembers Through Us belongs to West of the Champa Sea,a subchapter of From Borneo to Indochina, a chapter of La Marche de l’humanité / Humanity in Motion. In Vietnam,the Chăm Bani, whose language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian—observe Ramâwan. Bani is not a simple fusion of religions, but a distinct Chăm tradition shaped by Islamic, Hindu-derived and ancestral currents. At graves and in homes, offerings, priestly rites and mourning renew bonds with the dead, while divided cemeteries and wind turbines mark a changing landscape. Continuity is lived, not fixed.

Shukri Zali is a Malaysian documentary photographer and graphic designer working between Southeast Asia and France. Since 2004, his long-term project La Marche de l’humanité / Humanity in Motion has traced ordinary lives, cultural memory, faith, labour and human continuity across borders. His black-and-white practice moves between authorial documentary, humanist photojournalism and the visual essay. Recognised by PX3 Paris and IPA, Sūtradhāra and The Earth Remembers Through Us were published by FotoDoc Festival in 2026, while Free Malaysia Today profiled his practice.

Awards 2025 — Bronze Medal, Photoreportage, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3)

2025 — Nominee, Photojournalism, Black & White Spider Awards, 20th Edition

2024 — 3rd Place and Official Selection, Photoreportage, International Photography Awards (IPA)

2024 — Official Selections, IPA: Everyday Tranquility; Peace Through My Eyes

2023 — Honourable Mentions, Budapest International Foto Awards: Sugbo; Les Champs-Élysées

2023 — Honourable Mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3)

2022 — Honourable Mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3)

2009 — 3rd Place, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3)