CRITICS’ CHOICE 2025 AWARD — TOP 10

My long-term documentary project ~ Flood Me, I’ll be Here • is among the TOP10 winners in the Critics’ Choice 2025 Award by LensCulture !!! 🏆

It was such an honour to be among the 41 international photographers selected by 19 experts! Congrats to everyone, and please find out more about the winners:

https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/critics-choice-awards/2025/winners

For each winning entry, the experts have written a short explanation of why the winner captured their attention! Here are mine:

Cassidy Paul / Aperture : Andras Zoltai’s Flood Me, I’ll Be Here is an intimate, yet contemplative survey of the effects of climate catastrophe that looks beyond the narratives of destruction. For over five years, Zoltai has photographed in Majuli, the world’s largest river island in Northeast India, that is slowly disappearing due to erosion and flooding. Zoltai’s photographs avoid the visual cliches, instead narrowing in on the enduring, almost sacred, relationship between the people and water, offering a portrait of quiet resilience.

István Virágvölgyi / Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center : Flood Me, I’ll be Here offers a deeply moving and insightful portrayal of the island Majuli, transcending the typical narrative of climate catastrophe to reveal profound human resilience. The series beautifully captures the islanders’ intimate, cyclical relationship with the Brahmaputra, highlighting a powerful model of adaptive coexistence and spiritual continuity.

Thank you, Cassidy Paul, and István Virágvölgyi, for selecting my work!!! 🙏

The photobook of this work has just been published by Carmencita Film Lab !