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Where the Tide Holds the Fire
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PrizeHonorable Mention
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PhotographerAndy Fung, United States
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Date of Photograph11/17/2022
At sunset, the sky turns red above the Pacific while a slow exposure draws the incoming tide across the sand and rock. The scene becomes less a record of place than a collision of color, water, and time: fire in the clouds, motion in the sea, and a shoreline briefly transformed by the last light of day.