'We must tend the land'

The image captures the generational tradition where the youth evolve into tenders of the land in honor of their ancestral roots. The innocence ephemeral, it ripens into the weight of duty.

Country
Picture Year
Photographer
Team
Quote
"the greatest wealth we can leave our children is not our money, but our example."
- William Wordsworth
Layne Morgan
Pittsburgh
Light Painting is a technique I first explored in 2016 when I was shooting pictures at midnight in the middle of winter in the Berkshire Mountains in New England.Since that night and including the image submitted, Light Painting has helped me turn my photojournalist career into a winning “fine art…
Eliot Charof
Los Angeles
When I was a kid growing up in Massachusetts, we used to visit our grandparents in Los Angeles each summer. They would take us down to Muscle Beach in Venice to watch the bodybuilders and buy us Arnold Schwarzenegger t-shirts, making us feel like the strongest kids in the world. That memory always…
Ricardo Imperatore
Rio
In Brazil one needs to adapt. This beautiful kid, hi's already done it.
AL Noman
Joypurhat
One of the biggest challenges for developing countries is overpopulation. Governments often fail to provide sufficient facilities and all the necessary rights for a large number of people. Consequently, low-income families engage their younger members in the workforce to supplement their household…