Against the Tide

Xinping Li visualises 'In Forward Motion' for TotalEnergies’ Life Magazine with a quietly defiant cover image.

Xinping created the Q4 2025 cover for Life Magazine, TotalEnergies’ internal publication, produced by White Light Media, showing that progress is not always about following the flow.

The image reinforces the 'In Forward Motion' headline by pairing clear forward thinking with poetic imagery. Xinping’s restrained, atmospheric approach gives the publication a memorable sense of purpose - adopting a bird’s-eye view of a lone canoeist paddling steadily against the tide. 

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