SUMMARY
Naitaotao Li's photograph, "Time and Space Travellers," has won the Concrete in Daily Life award in the Concrete in Life 2025/26 competition. The image depicts a lone boatman rowing through thick morning fog beneath a concrete bridge, creating a surreal and layered composition. Li was inspired to capture this moment by the depth of the bridge piers and the compression from a telephoto lens, seeking to blend concrete infrastructure with human culture. The photograph was taken on the Songhua River in Harbin, China, and was selected from over 20,000 entries.
TAKEAWAYS
Photographer Naitaotao Li won an award for the image "Time and Space Travellers."
The winning photo features a lone boat in fog under a concrete bridge.
Li aimed to capture the interaction between concrete structures and human activity.
The image was awarded in the Concrete in Daily Life category of a global competition.