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The Hot Spring Ritual

Rahsan Firtina

Türkiye

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In the crowd of the fair, everything was spinning — except that child.
He stood still in the middle of motion.
His face was silent, yet powerful.
When I pressed the shutter, I knew:
Sometimes a frame captures a child’s inner world from all the noise around.

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Honorable Mention

In the Heart of the Fair

A winter day in Muş… Children lead their cattle into the hot spring. A ritual of life, in silence, mist, and warm water.

Discovery of the Year

A morning in rural Ethiopia. The goat and the child grow under the mother’s shadow. The colors speak of quiet

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Nominee

The Silence of Colors

A man and a horse in the fog. The path is unclear, but the steps are firm. The deepest ties are often the ones unseen.

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The Fog Path

In Cappadocia, a man deflates the hot air balloon after flight. A moment of silence and effort, hidden within colors.