YRE Competition 2023
1st Place - Single Photo Reportage
11-25 years old

By Victoria Margarita Andrade Morell, Preparatoria UDEM Unidad Valle Alto, Nuevo León

I walk by a river everyday on my way to class. Once it ́s water flowed with a color as beautiful as the sky, and I remember everyone stopped to admire it, now that it has run dry they ignore it, I believe because there ́s this fear that we are finally sat in the first row to see what global warming has brought. In this picture I try to capture how different this river has become over time. I hope to raise awareness of how easy it is to lose such a pretty sight. Drought in México it´s a reality, and Climate Change won´t have mercy to steal more of nature ́s beauty unless everyone starts acting against it.