Honorable Mention TIFA 2024 People / Family

An Eternal Farewell

  • Photographer
    Namyoung Park
  • Technical Info
    Fujifilm XT-5
  • Photo Date
    June 16, 2024

At the funeral of a grandfather who had just turned 100, the family places their hands on him before the cremation, expressing their final gratitude and farewell in that moment.

Namyoung Park, a mother of two kids, is an amateur photographer capturing the quiet beauty of everyday life through a documentary lens. Rather than staging shots, she aim to preserve the natural atmosphere of each moment, believing that real life holds more poetry than fiction. Her photos are a visual diary of daily fragments — intimate, observational, and deeply human.