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The Final Gaze

Tao Jiang

China

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Nominee

Go for hope

The photo was taken in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hongkong. The morning light makes the building pillars and the shadow to be very interesting regular triangles.

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Triangles

The white sand mountain is at Xinjiang, China. The mountain is so beautiful and be like a abstract painting.

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The white sand mountain

The city building windows look to be color blocks. The photo was taken in Singapore.

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Color blocks

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Taj Mahal

Rugged cliffs of Huangshan emerge from ethereal fog. Resilient pines cling to ancient stone, a small bird soars through the void. The scene evokes traditional Chinese landscape paintings—eternal beauty suspended in mist.

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Solitude Among the Mist

A minimalist public restroom captured in stark white. The repetitive urinal dividers create a compelling visual rhythm against the geometric tile floor. The crisp lighting accentuates clean lines and sterile surfaces, transforming a utilitarian space into an abstract architectural study.

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White Geometry

This is my father's last conscious moment — his final gaze before departing. This image freezes the threshold between presence and absence, documenting not just death, but the sanctity of our final human bonds.

Honorable Mention

Milu deer venture from skeletal winter forests to bask in warming sunshine, their graceful forms and elongated shadows painting a mesmerizing pattern across awakening landscape—nature's silent procession captured from above.