/ 2026 / Portraiture / Children

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Namyoung Park, Japan
• Date of Photograph
  Dec 28, 2025
• Website
  https://namyoungpark.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/roylia_photography/

On a crisp, dry winter day, my daughter came racing down a playground slide, her hair standing on end from static electricity. For a fleeting moment, she looked like a tiny superhero channeling a million volts of raw energy.

This photograph celebrates the unexpected magic of youth, where a simple playground trip transforms into a moment of pure, extraordinary wonder.

Namyoung Park, a mother of two kids, is a photographer capturing the quiet beauty of everyday life through a documentary lens. Rather than staging shots, she aims to preserve the natural atmosphere of each moment, believing that real life holds more poetry than fiction. Her photos are a visual diary of daily fragments — intimate, observational, and deeply human.

Awards International Photography Awards 2026 — Honorable Mention in Professional, People / Children
APA Award 2026 – excellence
TIFA 2025 – Gold, People / Children
TIFA 2025 – Honorable Mention, People / Children
Fujifilm Photo Contest 2024, excellence in U39
Fujifilm Photo Contest 2024, excellence in photo series
TIFA 2024, Bronze in People / Family
TIFA 2024, Honorable Mention in People / Children
TIFA 2024, Honorable Mention in People / Family
TIFA 2023, Honorable Mention in People / Family
Bronze, IFASummersnaps of July