/ 2026 / Portraiture / Family
Warmth, Fingers, Breath
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PrizeHonorable Mention
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PhotographerFumiaki Kudo, Japan
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Date of PhotographOctober 17, 2025
Our baby was placed on my wife’s abdomen. She cupped our baby’s head in both hands—feeling the warmth, checking the fingers, watching for breath. We had lost three pregnancies, including a stillbirth. In that moment, our baby had not yet cried.