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Living Memory Finalist
Before dark there is a moment where light and shadow appear to merge and diverge in equal measure. Before adulthood, the same potent duality exists. My daughter Indianna, on the precipice of becoming an adult, was not diminished by the fading day in the quiet waterhole that evening, but rather exalted by its ghostly phosphorescence. I felt this image not only embodied her intrinsic connection with nature, but the fragility and fearlessness that exists in a young woman's metamorphosis.
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