3rd Place winner

Monument Valley
DESCRIPTION
Taken on a medium format film camera, this photograph captures the fleeting reflection of Monument Valley in the window of a gift shop, where the ancient landscape and modern façade converge within a single frame that unites time and place. The interplay of reflection and transparency transforms the window into both boundary and mirror, mediating the relationship between commerce and sacred land. The window becomes a metaphor for photography itself, a surface that both reveals and distances, framing the enduring presence of place within the passing moment of seeing. AUTHOR
Linda Chaussee is a Los Angeles based artist. Her work in analog photography focuses on landscape and architecture exploring the intersection between the natural and built worlds. Her practice engages in themes of stillness, isolation, and beauty.