Seated quietly, monks contemplate images of Buddha as they celebrate the Master's birthday with prayer and worship. Ryan Chappell captures a scene from Bongeunsa temple in Seoul, South Korea. At sunset, thousands of lanterns are lighted, and bells – some hundreds of years old – ring while incense burns. The temple's peace contrasts starkly with the busy city that surrounds it. Chappell prints the color photograph on Fujicolor crystal archive paper and mounts it with a mat board passe-partout.
