Many of Iran’s once flourishing wetlands have dried dramatically in recent years. Lake Urmia in particular, the sixth largest salt lake in the world and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, is dangerously receding and threatens to vanish entirely. Waters of this salty Lake, which are normally aquamarine or various shades of green, is become blood red, so I’ve called it red pain.

Honorable Mention on 2016 | IPA