'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
Sophia Nasif
London
These photographs are from a 14-hour trip I took with some incredible fishermen from Raa Atoll, Maldives. We left at 2:30 am, and returned just before sunset. Titled ‘Masdhoni (Fishing Boat)’, this is a project that I am hoping to expand further over the next few years. In this image, one of the…
Isabelle M Larsson
Oslo
On a walk with my camera I looked up on a museum building downtown and saw this silhouette of a couple, and I was just able to capture them before the moment was over. 
Anastasia Fedotova
Port Louis
They sit in the quiet, carrying the weight of countless untold stories. They are the keepers of a strength that doesn’t shout, that doesn’t seek validation. Their silence is not emptiness; it is filled with the echoes of lives lived through struggle, love, loss, and endurance. In their eyes rests…
Shane Kaucheck
Bolinao
Visiting the Hundred Islands National Park in the Philippines, I was graciously shown life as it was: hard but fulfilling. The main subject shown here was a fisherman who traveled from island to island selling his day's catch to other residents and tourists alike who wanted a taste of the local…