WePhoto Admins 2017 - vol 1 by Mario Buncuga

WePhoto Admins 2017 - Vol 1 Presenting this first edition brings me tremendous pleasure and pride. A unique affair it indeed is as this collection encompasses the select few images from some of our WePhoto admin colleagues. WePhoto Group was a humble attempt, in February 2014 to be precise, to bring together the world’s best photo artists and since then we have come all this long simply because of our passion for this art. Over the time, thanks to the continuous help and support of many likeminded colleagues who have shared every moment of success while working together with equal enthusiasm, we have created other groups and thematic pages to better represent the various styles in photography. Today WePhoto group has the widest presence across Facebook representing almost every possible genre of photography. As of date there are twelve different groups and related pages, with picture boards on Pinterest and about seventy e-books published on issuu.com. This annual collection called - The Series - comprises eBooks, each belonging to a specific photographic theme, and includes the fabulous work of several authors from Italy and abroad. The one in your hands is the first special edition Book dedicated to our fellow admins. Apart from the e-version these publications are available in the form of coffee table books too. Editorial Team / Redazione Mario Bunčuga: Editor Mario Bunčuga: Art Director Pankaj Anand: Review Associate Barbara Stoia: Review Associate Germana De Chellis: Graphic Designer

October 2017

We are so excited and happy to feature these beautiful images and most of all, be able to share them with a wider viewership. Please show your love by spreading them across by sharing, and recommend to whoever you can to download these free eBooks from our webpages and links given ahead. This is how you may help us grow and share our passion for photography! In this Book you can also find the links to our Facebook Groups - WePhoto and thematic co-groups of WePhoto. Come and join our groups and pages, invite your friends to share their work and enjoy some of the best images from around the world.

Special thanks and Credits

Special thanks to Germana de Chellis, Chief of Graphic Designers at WePhoto, closely supported by Pankaj Anand and Barbara Stoia, who have helped me select images, contact authors, collect materials and write content. These people may always be found putting things together in the back office. Thanks to the wonderful authors whose contribution has made this volume increasingly collectible.

The Authors of Vol 1

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Thanks to our staff too, which is constantly managing and taking care of WePhoto with its 12 thematic pages, groups and online magazines. Thanks to all my admin colleagues for their understanding and dedication. All this while when I remain away from the routine management of our network, they are the ones who take care of everything for the groups. I have no words to express my gratitude for the wonderful effort they put in every day with great passion and commitment. Mario BunÄ?uga the Founder WePhoto Network

Copyright All rights are reserved, to respectively WePhoto, Mario Bunčuga for entire ebook and single authors for personal photos included in the related chapters. This book can be downloaded for free and distributed freely only as whole. The images and text are of exclusive property of the authors who, prior personal contact, may authorize the use or not. you can also print from our link to Peecho online print service. Any other use will be fined by the existing rules on the subject of copyright. © 2017 WePhoto

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WePhoto Groups - Pages

Magazines Online

Wephoto Selection Wephoto Animals Wephoto B&W Wephoto Dreams Wephoto Glamour Wephoto Portrait Wephoto Minimal Wephoto Architecture

Wephoto Selection Wephoto Animals Wephoto B&W Wephoto Dreams Wephoto Glamour Wephoto Portrait Wephoto Minimal Wephoto Architecture Wephoto Landscapes Wephoto Street Wephoto Macro & Close Up WePhoto Reportages

Wephoto Landscapes Wephoto Street Wephoto Macro & Close Up Wephoto Lab

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WePhoto Special Edition Adminsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Collection:

This is the first-of-its-kind compendium of imagery drawn from the finest creative works of our fellow admins. Our admins have not only been extremely effective group leaders, team players, efficient decision makers, and envisioned colleagues, they have also been wonderful artists in their individual domains. They have been indispensable in keeping us sail through not only the everyday affairs but also the difficult situations. They really come through with a gift of time and effort, and their support could never go unrecognized. So here comes the golden collection with assortment of different genres that comes as a treat to your eyes. I am confident that the wide range of photographic genres will not let you feel monotonous and each image will radiate positive energy into you.

Mario BunÄ?uga the Founder WePhoto Network

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ANDREA BAIO Palermo, Italia

facebook.com/andreabaiophotography/ instagram: andrea_baio_photography andrea-baio@hotmail.it

I n g e g n e re i n fo r m a t i co e co - fo u n d e r d i Mobilita.org e di Rocket Pen Studio, laboratorio creativo. La passione per la fotografia nasce gra-zie ad un regalo: la mia prima bridge Fujifilm. viscerale

Svi-luppo per

photography

ben

presto

pae-saggio

amore

street

decido di passare a una

attrezzatura professionale per documentare i miei viaggi in giro per il mondo: ac-quisto cosĂŹ la mia prima reflex. Negli ultimi anni ho affinato le tecniche di post produzione del bianco e nero e del ritratto. Amo la fotografia, non ti annoia mai. Ă&#x2C6; un percorso di continua cre-scita personale e professionale.

Computer engineer and the co-founder of Mobilita.org and Rocket Pen Studio - digital creative lab. My passion for photography started with a present I received: my first Fujifilm bridge camera. Thereafter, I developed a strong love for landscape and street photography, and so I decided to buy professional equipments to carry along on my trips across the world. Ever since I bought my first reflex camera, and especially during the past few years I have worked on improving my photography and most of all, post processing techniques in B&W and portraiture. I love photography so much that I never feel bored of it. I take it as a path for continuous personal and professional growth 10

BARBARA STOIA Molfetta, Italia

facebook.com/LefotodiBarbara Sono Barbara Stoia, molfettese purosangue trapiantata da dodici anni in Brianza, ma con Molfetta sempre nel cuore. Ho scoperto la fotografia "seria" da circa dieci anni durante i quali, tra uno scatto e l'altro, gioco a prendermi sul serio facendo l'ingegnere elettronico. Sono affascinata dalla fotografia e dalla sua dinamica staticità. Abbraccio con passione le sfumature di tutte le sue declinazioni: la perfezione del mondo digitale, il calore e l'eterea suggestione senza tempo degli scatti analogici. Sono una persona eclettica a cui piace mettersi in discussione. I miei scatti sono quindi la sintesi di anni passati in studio e per il mondo alla ricerca di emozioni, nuovi punti di vista, dinamiche suggestioni di culture, popoli e paesaggi. Da un po’ di tempo ho il piacere di collaborare con importanti gruppi fotografici, in qualità di responsabile della selezione di scatti per diverse forme artistiche, nonché come curatrice di progetti editoriali. In queste pagine ho pensato di dedicare una foto per ogni (o quasi) categoria di WePhoto.

I'm Barbara Stoia, a Molfettese thoroughbred, with twelve years spent in Brianza, but with Molfetta always in the heart. I discovered ‘serious’ photography about ten years back while I was doing electrical engineering. I am fascinated by photography and its static dynamics. I embraced with passion the nuances of all its forms: the perfection of the digital world, the warmth and the ethereal charm of timeless analog shots. I am an eclectic who likes questioning. My shots are therefore the synthesis of years spent in the studio and across the world in search of excitement, new views, dynamic influences of cultures, people and landscapes. Besides, I have collaborated with premium photographic groups wherein I’m responsible for photo selection for various artistic forms. I am also the curator of editorial projects. In the following pages of this Book I have tried to dedicate each of my picture to a genre that WePhoto has a presence in. 22

ELIO LAC Trani, Italia

facebook.com/minimalist.eliolac/ Nato a Trani, sulla sponda adriatica della Puglia, nel 1953, dall'et‡ di 18 anni, e fino a due anni fà, ho fatto un solo mestiere: l'Agente di Viaggi. La passione per la fotografia, iniziata nell'adolescenza, l'ho accantonata e quasi dimenticata per decenni per "rinverdirla" da qualche anno. Non avendo grandi conoscenze tecniche ed esperienza, mi sono avvicinato alla fotografia minimalista reputandola di facile approccio per il livello delle mie capacità ed armato di una compatta (Canon Ixus 145) ho cominciato a scattare seguendo il mio istinto. Nel frattempo ho cercato di leggere e guardare molte foto per assorbire sempre più lo spirito di questo bellissimo genere visivo appassionandomene sempre più ed ancora oggi, nonostante l'età, mi ritengo un principiante "work in progress", con tanta voglia di imparare il minimalismo fotografico, farmi sorprendere da esso e tentare di sorprendere con qualche scatto che mi riesce.

Born in Trani in 1953, on the Adriatic side of Puglia, from the age of 18 and up to two years ago, I did only one job: the Travel Agent. The passion for photography, started in adolescence but soon I set it aside and had almost forgotten for many decades to revive it. A few years ago when I did, I had no prior technical knowledge and experience, and therefore, I took the route of minimalistic photography believed to be easier with the level of my skills and armed with a compact (Canon Ixus 145). I started shooting by following my instinct. In the meantime I tried to read and look at other photos to absorb the spirit of this beautiful visual genre even more passionately and still today, despite the age, I consider myself a beginner or a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;work in progressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, with a great desire to learn the nuances of minimal photography. Allow me to be surprised by my own abilities and also surprise you with some of my work that I have attempted. 34

NUNZIA DE FEO Roma, Italia

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Eccomi di nuovo per la realizzazione di un ebook: questa volta insieme agli altri Admins di WePhoto. Farne parte è una grande soddisfazione: continua a farmi crescere nel campo fotografico allargando i miei orizzonti. Il mio mondo WePhoto è composto da Animals e Minimal. Il Minimal è una passione e la presento con queste 10 foto. Il tema che le accomuna è il colore il quale, in uno scatto minimalista, appaga la visione umana.

I feel pride in being a part of the realization of this book, this time along with other WePhoto Admins. It brings about a great satisfaction to see myself grow in the photographic field by widening my horizons. Within the WePhoto world I belong to Animals and Minimal photography groups. Minimal in particular is my forte and that is what I have chosen to present before you through my ten photographs. Color is a common theme being shared in all my photos, something that never fails to charm the human eye. 46

PREMA MENEZES Paris, France

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Prema Menezes is a Paris based photographer who has lived in Australia, Dubai and India, where she graduated from Mumbaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prestigious Sir JJ School of Art. As a photographer and as a rover, she is fascinated by the constant spectacle offered by life and travel. She has traveled the world with the camera in her hand, striving to snatch, grab, and arrest the images that she discovers along the way. More often than not, her photos represent the real life captured on film, where the subject and not the technique, is the strongest element of an image. Prema says that Art is everywhere and that you just have to be able to see it. She peers at every single day and finds a soul hidden in there. She is drawn to darkness as can be seen in this current series, entitled - Noire. Prema has moved away from pure minimalism and street p h o t o g r a p h y a n d i s i n t h e p ro ce s s o f experimenting and exploring. She continues to shoot mainly with her mobile phone. 58

‫‪YUVAL SHIBOLI‬‬ ‫‪Kefar Saba, Israel‬‬

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‫יובל שיבולי | חזיונות אורבניים‬

‫בטון‪ .‬פלדה‪ .‬זכוכית‪ .‬ברק‪ .‬חלודה‪ .‬שחיקה‪.‬‬ ‫הסביבה האורבנית מרתקת אותי ומושכת את תשומת ליבי כל העת‪.‬‬ ‫העיר שלעולם אינה פוסקת מלצמוח מוהלת מגדלים גאים ובוהקים‬ ‫עם בניינים שחוקים ומזדקנים‪.‬‬ ‫בתוך התמהיל הזה של צורות ומרקמים אנו חיים‪ ,‬עובדים‬ ‫ומתקשרים‪.‬‬ ‫העיר משפיעה עלינו ואנחנו עליה במעגל אינסופי של יחסי גומלין‪.‬‬ ‫עבודותי משקפות את האופן בו אני חווה את סביבתנו האורבנית‬ ‫דרך עיני ובעיני רוחי‪ -‬זוהרת ועצובה‪ ,‬בורקת ומחלידה‪.‬‬ ‫אני נמשך אל המרקמים והמקצבים החבויים במבנים אותם בנו‬ ‫האנשים‪.‬‬ ‫אותם אנשים אשר חיים בעיר‪ ,‬מוקפים ביצירותיהם האורבניות‪.‬‬ ‫הצילום מהווה עבורי‪ ,‬כבר שנים רבות‪ ,‬דרך להביא את עצמי לביטוי‬ ‫ולתקשר עם העולם‪.‬‬ ‫את המסע שלי התחלתי בצילום רחוב המתמקד באנשי העיר‪ ,‬דרכם‬ ‫לתקשר זה עם זה ועם העיר עצמה‪ .‬צעד אחר צעד למדתי להבחין‬ ‫בקשר הסימביוטי הקיים בין אנשי העיר לסביבתם האורבנית‪-‬‬ ‫המרקמים‪ ,‬הגוונים‪ ,‬הקווים‪ ,‬הצורות והאורות‪.‬‬ ‫עבודותי האחרונות‪ ,‬המוצגות כאן‪ ,‬הן ביטויים לאופן בו אני חווה את‬ ‫הקשר הסימביוטי הזה בין העיר לאנשיה‪.‬‬

Concrete. Steel. Glass. Shine. Rust. Decay. Our urban surrounding fascinates me and draws my attention endlessly. The ever-growing city is a mix of proud shiny towers with worn aged buildings. In this blend of shapes and textures we live, work and interact. The city affects us and we affect it in an ongoing circle of symbiosis. My work reflects my visions and envisions of our urban surroundings- glamorous and sad, shiny and rusty. I am fascinated by the textures and rhythms hidden in the buildings people build. The same people who live in the city surrounded by their urban creations. Photography has been my passion for many years- a way to express myself and interact with my world. I started my journey with street photography focusing on the people of the city, the way they interact with each other, the way they interact with the city. Step by step I've learned to notice more and more of the symbiotic connection that the people have with their urban environment- its density, colors, lines, geometries and lights. My latest works, featured here are impressions of the way I envision this symbiotic connection between man and city. 70

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