Four slender wooden boats drift silently across a green-blue expanse of water. Three of them are lit by a lantern, round and warm like a small sun. The fourth lies in the half-shadow, almost hidden under the canopy. You can only guess whether a light is also burning there. A bright canopy stretches over each boat, almost weightless, as if protecting the light. The figures in the boats are still, submerged, almost as if part of the water.
A large moon stands over the scene, its light mingling with the shimmer of the lanterns. If you look closely, you will discover that the boats barely cast a shadow. And the water seems to glow from within, as if the river itself were part of the dream.
The picture was taken after a night out in Hoi An, Vietnam. There, people place lanterns on the water - a silent ritual between hope and remembrance. I wanted to capture this moment: the feeling that time stands still. No noise, no destination. Just light, water and silence.
Conceived by May, visualized with AI.
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