WINNERS

Unrequited Love

  • Photographer
    Chumin Wu, United States
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

The back-and-forth feelings can make one's heart feel like a stormy lake at night or a tree swaying in a storm. In a foreign land during the transition between winter and spring, the heart feels passion, hesitation, probing, bravery, and avoidance. This subtle distance gives the relationship a unique beauty and sense of longing. In the end, you realize you were in love with the version of yourself that was chasing, the shining self, the self striving in life. This is for those who have had unrequited love, dedicated to those who love themselves and life.