Honorable Mention

Green Elegance
DESCRIPTION
She was once the beating heart of the house. Conversations filled the room, and laughter echoed through the halls. But times changed. The house was left behind, now an empty, cold shell. The dining table, where loved ones shared their dreams, is covered in dust. Smothering every word. The walls whisper of lives long gone.Now I stand here, surrounded by the remnants of what once was. My footsteps leave soft echoes in the abandoned space. To me, she is not dead, not forgotten. I see her stories, feel her heartbeat, hear her whispers. What the world has left behind, I cherish. These places are my refuge, my connection to what once united us all. For where the world has forgotten them, I remain their only witness.
AUTHOR
Marieke Berkelaar is a photographer and graphic designer from Leerdam, the Netherlands. The combination of her photography and her passion for the past takes you back in time. In recent years, Marieke has mainly focused on capturing a piece of history; old and abandoned buildings. Places that give the impression that they have been abandoned from one moment to the next, who want to tell the stories of their time and where no one has been for years. She wants the viewer to wonder what happened. Wants them to unravel the how, what, and why behind the photo and feel the melancholy. She is ready to start the dialog.