Rejoice in the Full Moon as We Come as One

• Prize
  Bronze in Analog/People
• Photographer
  Wai Ho Sam, Hong Kong
• Date of Photograph
  6/October/2025
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/dupdupdee/

These photographs capture the Moon Festival 2025 at Cheung Shan Estate, Hong Kong. Neighbors—children, families, elders—collaborate to hang vibrant lanterns across public housing corridors. Suspended on delicate strings, the glowing lanterns link families and generations, symbolizing connection and warmth. Faces glow with quiet joy amid small acts of cooperation that turn concrete into a luminous canopy. The festival’s saying "rejoice in the full moon as we come as one": lanterns brighten the night and each other, mirroring fragile yet resilient bonds of community and love in dense urban life.