The Sky Does Not Belong to Buildings

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Raghuvamsh Chavali, Canada
• Date of Photograph
  Photographed at various locations between 2023 and 2026
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.raghuvamsh.com

More than one billion birds die each year in the United States after colliding with glass and urban structures, while Canada loses an estimated 16 to 42 million. This series captures flocks moving through rigid city skylines, briefly transforming glass and steel into flowing, organic patterns. Photographed from ground level, the images explore scale, survival, and coexistence. They remind us that even as cities expand, nature continues to adapt and the sky remains a shared space. Their movement becomes a quiet act of resilience, revealing life within spaces built to dominate it.

• Biography
  Raghuvamsh Chavali is an internationally recognised Canadian photographer whose work has earned major awards across nature, fine art, architecture, street and conceptual photography. His honours include the London Photography Awards Category Winner of the Year, the Paris International Street Photo Awards Gold Medal, the URBAN Animals Best Author Award, Head On People’s Choice, 35AWARDS Project Series Winner, and awards from ND, IPA, PX3 Exposure One, reFocus, New York Photography Awards and Nature inFocus.
• Awards
  • PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2026 – Honourable Mention • International Photography Awards (IPA) 2026 – Honourable Mention • MonoVisions Photography Awards 2026 – Honourable Mention • reFocus Awards 2026 – Silver + Honourable Mention • London Photography Awards 2026 – Category Winner of the Year + 3 Platinum Awards • WPE International Photographers Awards – Silver Award • Paris International Street Photo Awards – Grand Winner / Gold Medal • Fine Art Photography Awards 2026 – Nominee • Head On Photo Awards 2025 – People’s Choice Winner • New York Photography Awards 2025 – 1 Gold + 9 Silver Awards • ND Awards 2025 – 1st Place + 2 Honourable Mentions • Nature inFocus 2025 – Runner-Up, Creative Nature Photography • URBAN Animals / Trieste Photo Days 2025 – Best Author Award • reFocus Awards 2025 – 2 Bronze Awards • All About Photo Awards – Top 50 Photographer • Exposure One Awards 2025 – Gold + Silver + People’s Choice • Belfast Photo Festival 2025 – Highly Commended / Top 20% • Nexus International Photography Awards – Honourable Mention • Golden Shot International Photography Awards – Honourable Mention • Nature Canada Photo Contest 2021 – Award Winner • 35AWARDS – Winners: 1st Place Photo Project Series, Black & White Mobile Shot Winner, Birds in the City Winner, Silhouette Winner / Top 10 Worldwide • 35AWARDS – International Rankings: Top 2% Photograph & Photographer, Top 35 B&W Worldwide, Top 35 Conceptual, Top 100 Street Worldwide • 35AWARDS – Canada & Catalogue: 2× Official Catalogue selections, multiple Top 35 Canada, Top 10 Toronto and Top 100 Canada distinctions