El Catrin by Diego Bribiesca - Motion Photography, Photojournalism, Art Photography, Photography Awards, Photo of the Day

The Weight of the Ancestors

There is a curious physics to tradition. We often imagine it as something heavy, a stone anchor dropped into the silt of the past to keep us from drifting away. But if you watch closely, you realize it is more like a pendulum. It swings with…
Before Say Good Bye by Sarin Soman - Sunset Photography, Photography Awards, Photo of the Day, Award Winning Photography,  Light & Composition University

The Weight of Leaving

We spend our lives preparing for departures. We pack bags, we lock doors, we rehearse the final words that never quite land where we intend. There is a specific heaviness to the hour when the light begins to fail, a thinning of the air that…