TITLE: Coast Guards

Mangroves straddle the connection between land and sea.
Their dense roots help bind and build soils, slowing down water flows and encouraging sediment deposits that reduce coastal erosion. Their complex root system filters nitrates, phosphates and other pollutants from the water, improving water quality. Mangroves also capture massive amounts of carbon dioxide emissions.
Mangroves are nature’s coast guards and are protecting the coastline for everyone.

AUTHOR: Hilda Champion (United States)

Hilda Champion is a German/American fine art photographer living in Naples, Florida.
She mainly works in landscape, architecture and abstract.

• Paris Prix de la Photographie 2019, Gold Medal plus 2 x Silver Medal
• IPA international Photography Awards 2019, 2 x Silver Medal
• Chromatic Photography Awards 2019, Third Place
• ND Awards 2019, Silver Medal
• Vision Excellence Awards 2019, Winner Fine Arts and Winner overall
• International Color Awards 2020, First Place Fine Arts
• Annual Photo Awards 2020, Landscape Photographer of the Year, Third Place Photographer of the Year
• HIPA Dubai 2020, Finalist
• Monochrome Awards 2020, Third Place