A number of these photos seem pretty pedestrian.
Especially that Chinese watchtower. It looks like a crappy tourist snapshot — maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t find the subject matter, lighting, composition, technique, or anything else at all interesting. It doesn’t tell any sort of story.
Maybe these awards are judged solely on equity and social justice criteria, in which case I am unqualified.
Yeah that Chinese watchtower pic is pretty unremarkable as a work of art, although the history is interesting. I kinda like the crow pic.