23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Spectral Mirroring: A Woman Seen Through Light

In “Spectral Mirroring: A Woman Seen Through Light,” the portrait is refracted, fractured, and reformed. Light distorts the image into something both present and elusive, revealing a woman not as she is, but as light chooses to show her.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Taitung, Taiwan
Camera: X-T5
Copyright: © Yi-Hsin Shen