Take A Seat

• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial/Environmental
• Photographer
  Jan Waanders
• Photo Date
  2024

Take a seat, look at the sea in front of you and make sure to not look left at the polluting industry at Rotterdam harbour. At first glance the photo comes across as a quiet and serene moment and then, after exploring the horizon, that initial feeling completely reverses itself in to one of melancholy amongst the deceptive beauty. What was once an inviting gesture is turned into an apocalyptic landscape. Sand becomes ash and the water polluted. Kijkduin Beach, Netherlands, November 2022