23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Echoes Beneath

This photograph captures an abandoned underground family cemetery, now neglected and used as a dumping ground. Light filters through a small window, illuminating the decay and solitude of a place that once held memories and reverence

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2023
Date Uploaded: 10.2025
Photo Location: Neyshabur, Iran
Camera: Canon EOS 1300D
Copyright: © Paniz Moradinezhad