When Save Soil Meets Nat Geo: Save Soil Warrior from Tamil Nadu Earns a Spot in Nat Geo’s Best Photos of 2025
Every year National Geographic selects a handful of photographs that define the world images that speak of courage culture crisis and hope From hundreds of thousands of submissions only photographs are chosen for its Pictures of the Year collection In one of these powerful images belongs to someone who works far from the fame of cities far from media lights nbsp Shyamala Gunasekaran an organic banana farmer from Tamil Nadu Her inclusion is not just a personal achievement it is a global recognition of the farmers who are quietly fighting to restore the planet s most valuable resource living soil A Portrait That Speaks for the SoilThe photograph that earned this rare honor is that of Shyamala on her organic banana farm The image is visually striking not because of artificial effects or digital editing but because of its authenticity The soft haze around her often mistaken for studio-made smoke
