Photo of the Week #357

July 7, 2025
The best photographs don't just record our environment; they offer a transformative perspective on the world around us. This affecting image is from Diana Cheren Nygren’s series The Landscape of Loss, which reflects on the way that the loss of loved ones in the photographer’s personal life mirrors the collective mourning associated with the unfolding climate crisis. The photograph's staging, with the sun low on the horizon, emphasizes that even the most enduring landscape is subject to the fleeting nature of time. Throughout this body of work, Nygren uses a vast sense of scale, placing diminutive human figures within expansive vistas. This approach powerfully communicates both the encompassing beauty of our natural world and our relatively delicate place within it.

This photograph will be featured as a prize winner in the Photo Review Competition exhibition at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia.