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2004 3rd Place
Winner
Photographer: Daria Sheen
Where: Pearl Culture Center, Uwajima, Japan
When: September 8, 2004
Brief description: A mother-of-pearl bead is implanted
into the mature ovary tissue of a seed oyster for about a year, then
when the sea water temperature is low, the shells are opened and the
pearl removed.
What this image means to me: What this image means to
me: the growth from a small bead into a world beauty takes scrupulous
care and cultivation.
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