Geert De Taeye, Photographer, Chicago

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An elderly woman is seated on a dark wooden park bench beside a grassy riverbank, offering food to multiple bald eagles gathered around her. Several other eagles are in flight over the wide river, while a distant urban skyline stretches across the opposite shore beneath a heavy, overcast sky. The cool, desaturated color grading and muted natural lighting create an atmospheric, surreal mood. The woman wears a brown coat and holds a walking cane, interacting calmly with the birds in a stark, fantastical juxtaposition of urban scale and wildlife.