2020
Publisher FUDOHUB Photographize
www.FUDOHUB.COM www.photographize.co
Photographize Annual Book 2020 Cover : © Carla Dlm
Publisher FUDOHUB Photographize
North Bethesda, MD United States
www.FUDOHUB.COM www.photographize.co
Photographize Annual Book 2020 Cover : © Carla Dlm
FOREWORD
[HUNDRED] 100 Photographize Best Selected 2020 VOL. 01 recognizes those who inspire us. In this book, Photographize collects the works of 100 visionary artists that pushed the limits, and we are thrilled to share them with the world. We dreamt this book for a long time and put all our love in every page. But it was not conceived in vacuum, it came at a very special time. 2020 will certainly pass to history as an incredible year. The sudden appearance of a cruel and invisible enemy forced us to pause, distance and put various aspects of society in a state of suspended animation. But this could have never been the final outcome, it is simply not human nature. Facing adversity, we connected like never before. Being far no longer meant being separated. We created new tools, we built networks and we thrived. Daily examples of bravery, hope and inspiration shined bright like the stars in the sky. At the same time, a long-postponed dialogue in quest for a fairer society took the center stage. The incredible energy of a special moment was palpable everywhere. During these challenging times, artists unleashed their imagination and connected us to our humanity. They found new ways of expression and of reaching their audiences. More than ever, art became a safe oasis where we could find beauty and inspiration. This book is a tribute to these artists and their incredible work. 2020. We completed another orbit around the Sun. The world came to a standstill. But, fortunately, creators
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
kept creating. [HUNDRED] 100 Photographize Best Selected 2020 VOL. 01 is a celebration of their talent.
Andrea Costantini Carla De La Matta Editors of Photographize Be different • A Gallery inside a Gallery
FOREWORD
[HUNDRED] 100 Photographize Best Selected 2020 VOL. 01 recognizes those who inspire us. In this book, Photographize collects the works of 100 visionary artists that pushed the limits, and we are thrilled to share them with the world. We dreamt this book for a long time and put all our love in every page. But it was not conceived in vacuum, it came at a very special time. 2020 will certainly pass to history as an incredible year. The sudden appearance of a cruel and invisible enemy forced us to pause, distance and put various aspects of society in a state of suspended animation. But this could have never been the final outcome, it is simply not human nature. Facing adversity, we connected like never before. Being far no longer meant being separated. We created new tools, we built networks and we thrived. Daily examples of bravery, hope and inspiration shined bright like the stars in the sky. At the same time, a long-postponed dialogue in quest for a fairer society took the center stage. The incredible energy of a special moment was palpable everywhere. During these challenging times, artists unleashed their imagination and connected us to our humanity. They found new ways of expression and of reaching their audiences. More than ever, art became a safe oasis where we could find beauty and inspiration. This book is a tribute to these artists and their incredible work. 2020. We completed another orbit around the Sun. The world came to a standstill. But, fortunately, creators
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
Be different • A Gallery inside a Gallery
kept creating. [HUNDRED] 100 Photographize Best Selected 2020 VOL. 01 is a celebration of their talent.
THE ARTISTS
2020
THE ARTISTS
2020
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GEMMY WOUD -BINNENDIJK NETHERLANDS
www.gemmywoudbinnendijk.com
05
Gemmy is a Dutch artist. After she graduated as Goldsmith, she studied Multimedia design. In March 2016, she started photography, it changed her life. Attracted to the light, composition, and use of color used by painters of the golden age, her great passion for painting and drawing was recovered in photography. Every photo is created with a huge investment in good preparation (sketches, story, and mood boards). Carefully chosen color schemes within, for example, styling, set, mood, and makeup, all these ingredients make the story within the frame cohesive. This, combined with the love for humans and a strong creative urge, creates staged portraits in storytelling themes. Born mid-seventies, Gemmy is a mother of 5 kids, an autodidact, but most of all, a sensitive and caring artist with a never-ending creative urge.
The Unknown | Myth
ANDREA TORRES BALAGUER
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Project: InsideOut: Swallowed Thoughts | Model: Fareda Johnson
SPAIN
www.andreatorresbalaguer.com
Spanish photographer Andrea Torres Balaguer redefines the concept of portrait, exploring the edge between reality and the subconscious. She regards her images as memories we keep from our dreams. Following her previous work (Moon) where the characters hide their faces voluntarily to make them whoever you imagine, Andrea takes away the identity of the character by concealing their faces. “It seemed a bit aggressive to me, especially because was me 'brushstroke' their faces, stealing their identity. For that reason, I decided to do it to myself by taking self-portraits. And it has a new sense: I strip myself of my identity, but I can be whoever the spectators want. I have a lot of possible new identities except my original.” “The Unknown” is about the identity concept and the importance of it when we are talking about a portrait.
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GEMMY WOUD -BINNENDIJK NETHERLANDS
www.gemmywoudbinnendijk.com
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Gemmy is a Dutch artist. After she graduated as Goldsmith, she studied Multimedia design. In March 2016, she started photography, it changed her life. Attracted to the light, composition, and use of color used by painters of the golden age, her great passion for painting and drawing was recovered in photography. Every photo is created with a huge investment in good preparation (sketches, story, and mood boards). Carefully chosen color schemes within, for example, styling, set, mood, and makeup, all these ingredients make the story within the frame cohesive. This, combined with the love for humans and a strong creative urge, creates staged portraits in storytelling themes. Born mid-seventies, Gemmy is a mother of 5 kids, an autodidact, but most of all, a sensitive and caring artist with a never-ending creative urge.
The Unknown | Myth
ANDREA TORRES BALAGUER
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Project: InsideOut: Swallowed Thoughts | Model: Fareda Johnson
SPAIN
www.andreatorresbalaguer.com
Spanish photographer Andrea Torres Balaguer redefines the concept of portrait, exploring the edge between reality and the subconscious. She regards her images as memories we keep from our dreams. Following her previous work (Moon) where the characters hide their faces voluntarily to make them whoever you imagine, Andrea takes away the identity of the character by concealing their faces. “It seemed a bit aggressive to me, especially because was me 'brushstroke' their faces, stealing their identity. For that reason, I decided to do it to myself by taking self-portraits. And it has a new sense: I strip myself of my identity, but I can be whoever the spectators want. I have a lot of possible new identities except my original.” “The Unknown” is about the identity concept and the importance of it when we are talking about a portrait.
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Unknown Journey, Procida Italy
ANNA DEVÍS and DANIEL RUEDA SPAIN
www.annandaniel.com
Although it may seem surprising or hard to believe, besides some basic image processing, Anna and Daniel create these surreal scenes without the use of photo-editing software. Instead, they carefully set the scene in real life using all sorts of everyday objects, unexpected locations, and tons of natural light. 07
Set in cities from all over the world and full of striking locations, clean shapes, and pastel colors, these images do not only speak of abstraction, elegance, and simplicity. As a result of their inventive use of everyday objects and worldly locations, their work also invites us to rediscover our own surroundings with a fresh new look. Walls, streets, and facades, usually relegated to the background, become the absolute protagonists of these whimsical photographs through the eyes of this creative duo tirelessly seeking to draw a smile on our faces. As a matter of fact, those of Daniel Rueda and Anna Devís are photographs that undoubtedly transmit joy and optimism, encouraging us, as the Monty Python would sing, to look at the bright side of life.
BEN THOMAS
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Noteworthy
AUSTRALIA
www.benthomas.co
Australian-born artist, Ben Thomas, began working with the moving image in his younger years which sparked his initial interest in the visual arts, but it wasn’t until his mid-twenties, when he moved to Melbourne, that he began to pursue photography. Not knowing the city well, Ben saw photography as a tool to discover and document his new home. It was this process of documentation as well as his pure fascination with his new surroundings that sparked his passion for photography. The objective of his photographic work is to create pieces that reflect a strong and individual visual aesthetic along with a revealing narrative. For Ben, the most important factor in moving forward has been to relentlessly follow his own vision and to execute that plan without compromise. Describing his photographic style as hyperreality, Ben creates works that challenge the boundaries of how a photograph is constructed and perceived. Ben poses to challenge the perceptions not only of what photography is, but how the built environment impacts our daily lives. Through this body of work, Ben aims to provide a way for people to consider the relationships that they form with their surroundings and how their environment affects them.
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Unknown Journey, Procida Italy
ANNA DEVÍS and DANIEL RUEDA SPAIN
www.annandaniel.com
Although it may seem surprising or hard to believe, besides some basic image processing, Anna and Daniel create these surreal scenes without the use of photo-editing software. Instead, they carefully set the scene in real life using all sorts of everyday objects, unexpected locations, and tons of natural light. 07
Set in cities from all over the world and full of striking locations, clean shapes, and pastel colors, these images do not only speak of abstraction, elegance, and simplicity. As a result of their inventive use of everyday objects and worldly locations, their work also invites us to rediscover our own surroundings with a fresh new look. Walls, streets, and facades, usually relegated to the background, become the absolute protagonists of these whimsical photographs through the eyes of this creative duo tirelessly seeking to draw a smile on our faces. As a matter of fact, those of Daniel Rueda and Anna Devís are photographs that undoubtedly transmit joy and optimism, encouraging us, as the Monty Python would sing, to look at the bright side of life.
BEN THOMAS
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Noteworthy
AUSTRALIA
www.benthomas.co
Australian-born artist, Ben Thomas, began working with the moving image in his younger years which sparked his initial interest in the visual arts, but it wasn’t until his mid-twenties, when he moved to Melbourne, that he began to pursue photography. Not knowing the city well, Ben saw photography as a tool to discover and document his new home. It was this process of documentation as well as his pure fascination with his new surroundings that sparked his passion for photography. The objective of his photographic work is to create pieces that reflect a strong and individual visual aesthetic along with a revealing narrative. For Ben, the most important factor in moving forward has been to relentlessly follow his own vision and to execute that plan without compromise. Describing his photographic style as hyperreality, Ben creates works that challenge the boundaries of how a photograph is constructed and perceived. Ben poses to challenge the perceptions not only of what photography is, but how the built environment impacts our daily lives. Through this body of work, Ben aims to provide a way for people to consider the relationships that they form with their surroundings and how their environment affects them.
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The Three of Us | Model: Monika Šmídová
ERIK JOHANSSON SWEDEN
www.erikjo.com
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Erik Johansson (born 1985) is a photographer and image creator from Sweden based in Prague, Czech Republic. His work can be described as surreal scenes created by combining different photographs. Erik works on both personal and commissioned projects with clients all around the world. In contrast to traditional photography he doesn't capture moments, he captures ideas with the help of his camera and imagination. The goal is to make it look as realistic as possible even if the scene itself contains impossible elements. In the end, it all comes down to problem-solving, finding a way to capture the impossible. To Erik, it's always important with a high level of realism in his work. It's important to make people feel like they are part of the scene, to relate to it. Although his work consists of a lot of work in post-production he always tries to capture as much as possible in-camera. "No one can tell you that it doesn’t look realistic if you actually captured it for real."
BÁRA PRÁŠILOVÁ
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Full Moon Service
CZECH REPUBLIC
www.baraprasilova.com
Bara’s surreal images balance on the edge of beauty and weirdness, in between real and fictional setups, originating from her sense of absurd humour and affinity for the lightness that helps her to cope with serious topics. Instead of manipulating images digitally in post-production as to render a magical ambience, Bara works with real props and objects, which lend her subjects a rare authenticity. She meticulously plans all of her shoots in advance, and her detailed sketches, custom-made props, and costumes are usually part of her exhibitions. Including a Hasselblad Masters Award in 2014, Bara has been a recipient of numerous awards, such as the winner of the Photographer of the Year 2009 and 2011 by Czech Grand Design and her first director’s feat has been awarded bronze by prestigious Clio Awards in 2019. Recently, she has branched out into the world of moving images, creating videos based on her stills, which has created another outlet for her to build a new reality.
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The Three of Us | Model: Monika Šmídová
ERIK JOHANSSON SWEDEN
www.erikjo.com
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Erik Johansson (born 1985) is a photographer and image creator from Sweden based in Prague, Czech Republic. His work can be described as surreal scenes created by combining different photographs. Erik works on both personal and commissioned projects with clients all around the world. In contrast to traditional photography he doesn't capture moments, he captures ideas with the help of his camera and imagination. The goal is to make it look as realistic as possible even if the scene itself contains impossible elements. In the end, it all comes down to problem-solving, finding a way to capture the impossible. To Erik, it's always important with a high level of realism in his work. It's important to make people feel like they are part of the scene, to relate to it. Although his work consists of a lot of work in post-production he always tries to capture as much as possible in-camera. "No one can tell you that it doesn’t look realistic if you actually captured it for real."
BÁRA PRÁŠILOVÁ
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Full Moon Service
CZECH REPUBLIC
www.baraprasilova.com
Bara’s surreal images balance on the edge of beauty and weirdness, in between real and fictional setups, originating from her sense of absurd humour and affinity for the lightness that helps her to cope with serious topics. Instead of manipulating images digitally in post-production as to render a magical ambience, Bara works with real props and objects, which lend her subjects a rare authenticity. She meticulously plans all of her shoots in advance, and her detailed sketches, custom-made props, and costumes are usually part of her exhibitions. Including a Hasselblad Masters Award in 2014, Bara has been a recipient of numerous awards, such as the winner of the Photographer of the Year 2009 and 2011 by Czech Grand Design and her first director’s feat has been awarded bronze by prestigious Clio Awards in 2019. Recently, she has branched out into the world of moving images, creating videos based on her stills, which has created another outlet for her to build a new reality.
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Fishermen
OLIVIER VALSECCHI FRANCE
http://www.oliviervalsecchi.com
French artist Olivier Valsecchi is one of the most notable new representatives of contemporary nude photography. The beauty and expressiveness of the human body is magnetic in his mystical and even geometric compositions. His works center around the themes of death, birth, rebirth and maternity. 11
MOISES LEVY
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Time Of War #03
MEXICO
www.moiseslevy.com
Born in Mexico City in 1963, Moises Levy lives and works in the city as an established architect. His earliest interest in architecture and photography occurred on a trip to New York City when he was 13 years old. “I was fascinated with the buildings and the evening shadows of the city.” In 1982, when he began his studies in architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana, his appreciation of the natural relation between light and architecture was deepened. Subsequent travel to Boston, Paris, and Venice served to illuminate the unbreakable bond between architecture and its relationship with light. Since 1998, Moises began to explore photography with a broad interest in artistic composition, influences, history, and styles. He appreciates the history of the medium and states that he has learned from the photographic work of Sebastião Salgado, Edward Weston, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and Eugene Atget.
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Fishermen
OLIVIER VALSECCHI FRANCE
http://www.oliviervalsecchi.com
French artist Olivier Valsecchi is one of the most notable new representatives of contemporary nude photography. The beauty and expressiveness of the human body is magnetic in his mystical and even geometric compositions. His works center around the themes of death, birth, rebirth and maternity. 11
MOISES LEVY
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Time Of War #03
MEXICO
www.moiseslevy.com
Born in Mexico City in 1963, Moises Levy lives and works in the city as an established architect. His earliest interest in architecture and photography occurred on a trip to New York City when he was 13 years old. “I was fascinated with the buildings and the evening shadows of the city.” In 1982, when he began his studies in architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana, his appreciation of the natural relation between light and architecture was deepened. Subsequent travel to Boston, Paris, and Venice served to illuminate the unbreakable bond between architecture and its relationship with light. Since 1998, Moises began to explore photography with a broad interest in artistic composition, influences, history, and styles. He appreciates the history of the medium and states that he has learned from the photographic work of Sebastião Salgado, Edward Weston, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and Eugene Atget.
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In My Silence
ANGELO MUSCO UNITED STATES
www.angelomusco.com
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Turning reality upside down and creating works that run counter to preconceived ideas are part of Angelo Musco’s artistic strategies. Living structures (i.e.: nests, amniotic sacs, eggs) both literally and figuratively stir a depth of emotion closely related to Musco’s personal experience of a delayed and traumatic birth–one which left both physical and subconscious scars. The human body is the artist’s medium. He melds bodies like hundreds of brush strokes, creating large compositions that are re-workings of nature’s structures. Born in Naples (Italy) in 1973, Musco’s studies alternated between the Academia Delle Belle Arti of Naples and the University of Fine Arts in Granada, Spain. Currently based in New York, Angelo’s work has been executed state-side and internationally, staging his shoots from London to Buenos Aires from the Red Woods CA to such exotic locations as Baku and Istanbul. His work, approaching epic proportions, has been displayed throughout the world, including Art Basel and the Venice Biennale.
JONO DRY
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Dahlia
SOUTH AFRICA www.jonodryart.com
Jono Dry (b. 1989) is a self-taught artist living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. Dry’s large-scale graphite drawings take as subject mental health and its metaphors and consider the complexities of identity, depression, and anxiety. 'In My Silence', continues Jono Dry’s series on mental health and its metaphors. The work was drawn over four-hundred hours - “This new pencil drawing, ‘In My Silence’, continues with the theme of my previous works centered around mental health. This drawing was such a pleasure to work on; it seemed to flow so easily. We are told to constantly push ourselves, that discomfort is good, that it promotes growth. While this is true, it also creates the idea that when we are comfortable, we become stagnant. This drawing reminded me that it’s okay to seek comfort, to enjoy the process, and to return to the familiar.”
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In My Silence
ANGELO MUSCO UNITED STATES
www.angelomusco.com
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Turning reality upside down and creating works that run counter to preconceived ideas are part of Angelo Musco’s artistic strategies. Living structures (i.e.: nests, amniotic sacs, eggs) both literally and figuratively stir a depth of emotion closely related to Musco’s personal experience of a delayed and traumatic birth–one which left both physical and subconscious scars. The human body is the artist’s medium. He melds bodies like hundreds of brush strokes, creating large compositions that are re-workings of nature’s structures. Born in Naples (Italy) in 1973, Musco’s studies alternated between the Academia Delle Belle Arti of Naples and the University of Fine Arts in Granada, Spain. Currently based in New York, Angelo’s work has been executed state-side and internationally, staging his shoots from London to Buenos Aires from the Red Woods CA to such exotic locations as Baku and Istanbul. His work, approaching epic proportions, has been displayed throughout the world, including Art Basel and the Venice Biennale.
JONO DRY
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Dahlia
SOUTH AFRICA www.jonodryart.com
Jono Dry (b. 1989) is a self-taught artist living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. Dry’s large-scale graphite drawings take as subject mental health and its metaphors and consider the complexities of identity, depression, and anxiety. 'In My Silence', continues Jono Dry’s series on mental health and its metaphors. The work was drawn over four-hundred hours - “This new pencil drawing, ‘In My Silence’, continues with the theme of my previous works centered around mental health. This drawing was such a pleasure to work on; it seemed to flow so easily. We are told to constantly push ourselves, that discomfort is good, that it promotes growth. While this is true, it also creates the idea that when we are comfortable, we become stagnant. This drawing reminded me that it’s okay to seek comfort, to enjoy the process, and to return to the familiar.”
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The Intricate Web Of Life
FELIX HERNANDEZ MEXICO
www.hernandezdreamphography.com
Felix Hernandez is a Mexican photographer and digital artist that creates miniature worlds in which iconic scale cars are the protagonists. For Felix photography is not to portray what exists out there, but to portray what exists inside him.
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“I remember that when I was a child I used to spend hours alone in my room playing with my toys. I also remember that the best part of it was customizing them and creating worlds where they could exist … Now that I am “grownup" I realize that I have never stopped playing and that the only difference is that now I do it with a camera in my hands”. Photography and digital art have given Felix the chance to bring those childhood scenes to life. Photography with scale models is not so different from other areas of photography, but it has its peculiarities. You have to think big, but at the same time, small. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination.
URI and HELLE LØVEVILD GOLMAN
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Virus Busters
DENMARK
www.weareprojectwild.com
“WILD - What You Love You Will Protect” is the photographic masterpiece and love letter to what Helle & Uri Løvevild Golman love the most; our beautiful earth. WILD is a collection of the most beautiful photos of the world's last wild places. As National Geographic photographers, Helle & Uri have traveled their whole life, visiting all seven continents, with more than 25 photo expeditions behind them, to capture the wildlife they love so much. 16
They have overcome the biggest obstacles together as when Uri was stabbed by a supposed poacher from Boko Haram on their last expedition to Gabon. He died for two minutes but his will to live was stronger than death and today he is still grateful for life even sitting in a wheelchair learning how to walk again. Helle has been by Uri’s side every minute and fought just as hard to get to this point today, where they can launch “WILD - What You Love You Will Protect.”
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The Intricate Web Of Life
FELIX HERNANDEZ MEXICO
www.hernandezdreamphography.com
Felix Hernandez is a Mexican photographer and digital artist that creates miniature worlds in which iconic scale cars are the protagonists. For Felix photography is not to portray what exists out there, but to portray what exists inside him.
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“I remember that when I was a child I used to spend hours alone in my room playing with my toys. I also remember that the best part of it was customizing them and creating worlds where they could exist … Now that I am “grownup" I realize that I have never stopped playing and that the only difference is that now I do it with a camera in my hands”. Photography and digital art have given Felix the chance to bring those childhood scenes to life. Photography with scale models is not so different from other areas of photography, but it has its peculiarities. You have to think big, but at the same time, small. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination.
URI and HELLE LØVEVILD GOLMAN
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Virus Busters
DENMARK
www.weareprojectwild.com
“WILD - What You Love You Will Protect” is the photographic masterpiece and love letter to what Helle & Uri Løvevild Golman love the most; our beautiful earth. WILD is a collection of the most beautiful photos of the world's last wild places. As National Geographic photographers, Helle & Uri have traveled their whole life, visiting all seven continents, with more than 25 photo expeditions behind them, to capture the wildlife they love so much. 16
They have overcome the biggest obstacles together as when Uri was stabbed by a supposed poacher from Boko Haram on their last expedition to Gabon. He died for two minutes but his will to live was stronger than death and today he is still grateful for life even sitting in a wheelchair learning how to walk again. Helle has been by Uri’s side every minute and fought just as hard to get to this point today, where they can launch “WILD - What You Love You Will Protect.”
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Abandoned Traditions
ED FREEMAN UNITED STATES www.edfreeman.com
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I take pictures of things and places that resonate with me—for reasons I’m not always entirely aware of. I suspect the philosophy that drives my images is my history. I had a rocky start; my first forty or fifty years were pretty miserable, to tell the truth. But now that I'm a senior citizen, I'm doing much better; I give thanks constantly for the miracle of being alive and I would call myself a happy and peaceful man. I think gratitude is an essential part of my healing process, and my pictures, especially the most recent ones - the underwater nudes - are an expression of that. I know there's an endless amount of ugliness and suffering in the world, but that's not what I choose to photograph. Instead, I want to make pictures of how beautiful we are and how there’s forgotten beauty all around us. Even in the places we no longer think to look. I don't know if that's going to earn me a place in the panoply of the World's Great Photographers, but it's what I feel called upon to do, and I’m very committed to doing it.
DINO KUŽNIK
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El Morocco Motel, Bakersfield, California
UNITED STATES www.dinokuznik.com
Dino Kužnik is a New York-based Photographer, originally from Slovenia, Europe. He uses photography as a medium to immortalize scenes that are aesthetically unique, with an emphasis on color and composition. Experienced as a journalistic photographer, retoucher, and graphic designer of 7 years, Dino now focuses on his personal body of work and commercial projects ranging from artistic portraits, automotive, travel, landscape, and documentary photography. In 2019 he published his first hardcover book called Shaped by the West with the publisher AINT-BAD, which was released in Second Edition this year. This photograph is a part of his ongoing series “Reflections / Parallel Worlds" where he uses a small mirror or a roof of the car to reflect the object or landscape that he photographs. This way, the resulting photographs give a surreal peek into a parallel world. The sign that this photograph depicts is located in an abandoned mall halfway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Abandoned Traditions
ED FREEMAN UNITED STATES www.edfreeman.com
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I take pictures of things and places that resonate with me—for reasons I’m not always entirely aware of. I suspect the philosophy that drives my images is my history. I had a rocky start; my first forty or fifty years were pretty miserable, to tell the truth. But now that I'm a senior citizen, I'm doing much better; I give thanks constantly for the miracle of being alive and I would call myself a happy and peaceful man. I think gratitude is an essential part of my healing process, and my pictures, especially the most recent ones - the underwater nudes - are an expression of that. I know there's an endless amount of ugliness and suffering in the world, but that's not what I choose to photograph. Instead, I want to make pictures of how beautiful we are and how there’s forgotten beauty all around us. Even in the places we no longer think to look. I don't know if that's going to earn me a place in the panoply of the World's Great Photographers, but it's what I feel called upon to do, and I’m very committed to doing it.
DINO KUŽNIK
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El Morocco Motel, Bakersfield, California
UNITED STATES www.dinokuznik.com
Dino Kužnik is a New York-based Photographer, originally from Slovenia, Europe. He uses photography as a medium to immortalize scenes that are aesthetically unique, with an emphasis on color and composition. Experienced as a journalistic photographer, retoucher, and graphic designer of 7 years, Dino now focuses on his personal body of work and commercial projects ranging from artistic portraits, automotive, travel, landscape, and documentary photography. In 2019 he published his first hardcover book called Shaped by the West with the publisher AINT-BAD, which was released in Second Edition this year. This photograph is a part of his ongoing series “Reflections / Parallel Worlds" where he uses a small mirror or a roof of the car to reflect the object or landscape that he photographs. This way, the resulting photographs give a surreal peek into a parallel world. The sign that this photograph depicts is located in an abandoned mall halfway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Hope
MARTIN STRANKA CZECH REPUBLIC
www.martinstranka.com
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Martin Stranka, a native of the Czech Republic, is a self-taught professional photographer. Martin was a bored student plodding through courses in business school when the unexpected death of a close friend led him to pursue photography as a form of therapy. His distinctive vision of photography is etched as a unique space located in a balance and serenity, while his sophisticated and rewarding images exist in that narrow window of a few seconds between dreaming and awakening. Martin creates images that appear to be stills from a film — one that walks the line between fantasy and reality. During the last years, Martin has won over 100 major international photography awards and his solo and group exhibitions have been seen from South and North America, through Europe, all the way to Asia. His photographs have been exhibited from South and North America, through Europe, all the way to Asia.
FERNANDO O'FARRILL
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Until You Wake Up
MEXICO
www.ferofarrill.com
Fernando O’Farrill is a nature photographer and filmmaker based in Mexico. He has been interested in photography from a very early age. His passion for nature is evident in every crystal clear image he captures, offering bits of wisdom and inspiration. His images are truly pleasing to the eye. "It is amazing to be inspired by nature, it gives me the creativity that i need. I hope my images inspire other people to take care of nature the way we should, earth is our home."
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Hope
MARTIN STRANKA CZECH REPUBLIC
www.martinstranka.com
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Martin Stranka, a native of the Czech Republic, is a self-taught professional photographer. Martin was a bored student plodding through courses in business school when the unexpected death of a close friend led him to pursue photography as a form of therapy. His distinctive vision of photography is etched as a unique space located in a balance and serenity, while his sophisticated and rewarding images exist in that narrow window of a few seconds between dreaming and awakening. Martin creates images that appear to be stills from a film — one that walks the line between fantasy and reality. During the last years, Martin has won over 100 major international photography awards and his solo and group exhibitions have been seen from South and North America, through Europe, all the way to Asia. His photographs have been exhibited from South and North America, through Europe, all the way to Asia.
FERNANDO O'FARRILL
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Until You Wake Up
MEXICO
www.ferofarrill.com
Fernando O’Farrill is a nature photographer and filmmaker based in Mexico. He has been interested in photography from a very early age. His passion for nature is evident in every crystal clear image he captures, offering bits of wisdom and inspiration. His images are truly pleasing to the eye. "It is amazing to be inspired by nature, it gives me the creativity that i need. I hope my images inspire other people to take care of nature the way we should, earth is our home."
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AntiQueFuture [Cibi condimentum esse famem]
CARLA DLM UNITED STATES www.carladlm.com
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Carla DLM is a New York based fine art photographer whose work has been published and recognized internationally. As we descend deeper into the psyche of Carla DLM, we find that her series of the urban cityscape reflects a deep understanding of the pulse/vibrations of New York City life. Alongside her passion as a professional photographer, Carla is an electronic engineer, and website GHYHORSHU. 6KH XVHV KHU LQWHUGLVFLSOLQDU\ VNLOOV DV WKH IRXQGDWLRQ RI KHU XQLTXH VW\OH FRPELQLQJ VXUUHDOLVP DEVWUDFWLRQ DQG PRWLRQ WR SUHVHQW UHDOLW\ WKURXJK D ZKROH QHZ OHQV. Her series is a frenetic release detailing the exchange between the photographer and her habitat’s cacophonous workings. Long exposures blur the ephemeral traces of human life amidst the stoic, urban terrain. Like a phoenix from the ashes, Carla rises and soars to embody the challenge set by the philosopher, Theodor Adorno: “the task of art today is to bring chaos into order.”
AIDAN SARTIN CONTE
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Parádeigma | 001 - El Dorado Building, Manhattan
UNITED STATES
www.aidansartinconte.com
Aidan Sartin Conte is an Italian photographer and designer based in Washington DC. His artworks are widely known and recognized for their originality and dreamy style. His art is full of symbolism, capturing the essence of daydreaming about faraway places with promising potential or dwelling on the deluge of daily responsibilities in a bustling metropolis, Aidan gives a surreal depiction of the world that balances thought and imagination. 22
As far as artistic inspiration for his works Aidan says he's interested in the “atmosphere that certain environments can create, and also the emotions it can provoke.” He is also passionate about creating moods and a sense of place using light, shadow, and texture. Carrying a vision where everything is possible, he can make ordinary and dull places look like something from out of this world.
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
AntiQueFuture [Cibi condimentum esse famem]
CARLA DLM UNITED STATES www.carladlm.com
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Carla DLM is a New York based fine art photographer whose work has been published and recognized internationally. As we descend deeper into the psyche of Carla DLM, we find that her series of the urban cityscape reflects a deep understanding of the pulse/vibrations of New York City life. Alongside her passion as a professional photographer, Carla is an electronic engineer, and website GHYHORSHU. 6KH XVHV KHU LQWHUGLVFLSOLQDU\ VNLOOV DV WKH IRXQGDWLRQ RI KHU XQLTXH VW\OH FRPELQLQJ VXUUHDOLVP DEVWUDFWLRQ DQG PRWLRQ WR SUHVHQW UHDOLW\ WKURXJK D ZKROH QHZ OHQV. Her series is a frenetic release detailing the exchange between the photographer and her habitat’s cacophonous workings. Long exposures blur the ephemeral traces of human life amidst the stoic, urban terrain. Like a phoenix from the ashes, Carla rises and soars to embody the challenge set by the philosopher, Theodor Adorno: “the task of art today is to bring chaos into order.”
AIDAN SARTIN CONTE
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Parádeigma | 001 - El Dorado Building, Manhattan
UNITED STATES
www.aidansartinconte.com
Aidan Sartin Conte is an Italian photographer and designer based in Washington DC. His artworks are widely known and recognized for their originality and dreamy style. His art is full of symbolism, capturing the essence of daydreaming about faraway places with promising potential or dwelling on the deluge of daily responsibilities in a bustling metropolis, Aidan gives a surreal depiction of the world that balances thought and imagination. 22
As far as artistic inspiration for his works Aidan says he's interested in the “atmosphere that certain environments can create, and also the emotions it can provoke.” He is also passionate about creating moods and a sense of place using light, shadow, and texture. Carrying a vision where everything is possible, he can make ordinary and dull places look like something from out of this world.
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Rouge
THOMAS FRETEUR BELGIUM
www.thomasfreteur.com
During an internship experience in 2004 at the Journalism Institute « José Marti » in Cuba, Thomas Freteur became attached to documentary photography. His work focused on specific human characters (from street performers to New York psychics and Haitian priors) is mainly featured through portrait series. 23
Besides this, Thomas often leads to photo workshops. With 3 colleagues, they produced and conducted a one-year photo workshop in Haiti training 20 aspirant Haitian photographers. Last February, with Eric Bouvet, they conducted the first VII academy workshop in Kinshasa for French-speaking African photographers. Nowadays, Thomas is working on photo and video projects around Congo.
ARNAUD MONTAGARD
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Pwani Changani (Zanzibar)
FRANCE
www.arnaudmontagard.com
Arnaud Montagard (b 1991) is a French photographer, who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. His photography focuses on composition and details, creating an atmosphere that is often referred to the work of the famous American realist painters. With an emphasis on a minimalist aesthetic, his photography creates a new angle to an ordinary detail.
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Rouge
THOMAS FRETEUR BELGIUM
www.thomasfreteur.com
During an internship experience in 2004 at the Journalism Institute « José Marti » in Cuba, Thomas Freteur became attached to documentary photography. His work focused on specific human characters (from street performers to New York psychics and Haitian priors) is mainly featured through portrait series. 23
Besides this, Thomas often leads to photo workshops. With 3 colleagues, they produced and conducted a one-year photo workshop in Haiti training 20 aspirant Haitian photographers. Last February, with Eric Bouvet, they conducted the first VII academy workshop in Kinshasa for French-speaking African photographers. Nowadays, Thomas is working on photo and video projects around Congo.
ARNAUD MONTAGARD
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Pwani Changani (Zanzibar)
FRANCE
www.arnaudmontagard.com
Arnaud Montagard (b 1991) is a French photographer, who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. His photography focuses on composition and details, creating an atmosphere that is often referred to the work of the famous American realist painters. With an emphasis on a minimalist aesthetic, his photography creates a new angle to an ordinary detail.
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Beat it Boys
VINCENT BOURILHON FRANCE
www.vincent-bourilhon.com
Parisian artist Vincent Bourilhon has been practicing the art of photography since he was sixteen. Before exploring the world of photography from a contemporary perspective with his distinctively personal style, Vincent first became interested in his daily life as an “aesthetic object”. 25
A lover of cinema, always in search of poetry and dreams, his personal work reflects his admiration for the discipline. Through graphic design and digital retouching, he has succeeded in building an imaginary universe, very cinematic, on the borderline between dreams and reality. In order to better absorb his stories, he likes to interpret the characters in his works but also enjoys working with other models.
MAX ZORN
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
The Way For Paris
NETHERLANDS www.maxzorn.com
Tho complete his new series of artwork, Max looked around his 2019 solo exhibition and felt like something was missing. An artwork depicting a strong woman surrounded by a situation of clamoring stress and volume. That despite the intensity of it all, she remained stern, confident, with defining beauty that overcomes it all. This was the concept behind “Beat it, boys”. It sold out for $6000 per piece. This artwork is made from only layers of sepia-toned and colored packing tape on top of acrylic glass. The tape is hand-cut by the artist, with no photo reference and no pre-sketch. The LED light behind the sheet of acrylic glass illuminates the different layers, creating different tones.
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Beat it Boys
VINCENT BOURILHON FRANCE
www.vincent-bourilhon.com
Parisian artist Vincent Bourilhon has been practicing the art of photography since he was sixteen. Before exploring the world of photography from a contemporary perspective with his distinctively personal style, Vincent first became interested in his daily life as an “aesthetic object”. 25
A lover of cinema, always in search of poetry and dreams, his personal work reflects his admiration for the discipline. Through graphic design and digital retouching, he has succeeded in building an imaginary universe, very cinematic, on the borderline between dreams and reality. In order to better absorb his stories, he likes to interpret the characters in his works but also enjoys working with other models.
MAX ZORN
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
The Way For Paris
NETHERLANDS www.maxzorn.com
Tho complete his new series of artwork, Max looked around his 2019 solo exhibition and felt like something was missing. An artwork depicting a strong woman surrounded by a situation of clamoring stress and volume. That despite the intensity of it all, she remained stern, confident, with defining beauty that overcomes it all. This was the concept behind “Beat it, boys”. It sold out for $6000 per piece. This artwork is made from only layers of sepia-toned and colored packing tape on top of acrylic glass. The tape is hand-cut by the artist, with no photo reference and no pre-sketch. The LED light behind the sheet of acrylic glass illuminates the different layers, creating different tones.
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Boy Behind The Window
DENNIS RAMOS UNITED STATES
www.dennis-ramos.com
Dennis Ramos is an international award-winning fine art photographer born in Manila, Philippines. His love and passion for digital photography started with artistic portraiture using mixed lighting. His fascination with the light led him to explore and experiment with other forms of photography that eventually evolved into fine art landscapes. 27
To this date, you will find him exploring light through architectural landscape and seascape. Most of Dennis’ photography doesn’t tell a story but rather puts the emphasis on the elements to create a visual impact.
MAHESH BALASUBRAMANIAN
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Notre Dame
INDIA
www.maheshb.com
Mahesh is an Independent Photographer from Chennai, India, a true photographer with a distinct visual style. Mahesh loves traveling to new places, meeting people, and documenting their daily life. He started his photography journey in 2008. His images are alluring, and deeply moving. You don’t need to know anything about the places he has visited to get impressed by his mesmerizing portrait travel images. He has received many international awards and international publications. "Photography creates some kind of magical moment. I don’t bother about the outcome of the shoot. But, I really enjoy the process of taking photos on the street and that is what keeps me going."
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Boy Behind The Window
DENNIS RAMOS UNITED STATES
www.dennis-ramos.com
Dennis Ramos is an international award-winning fine art photographer born in Manila, Philippines. His love and passion for digital photography started with artistic portraiture using mixed lighting. His fascination with the light led him to explore and experiment with other forms of photography that eventually evolved into fine art landscapes. 27
To this date, you will find him exploring light through architectural landscape and seascape. Most of Dennis’ photography doesn’t tell a story but rather puts the emphasis on the elements to create a visual impact.
MAHESH BALASUBRAMANIAN
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Notre Dame
INDIA
www.maheshb.com
Mahesh is an Independent Photographer from Chennai, India, a true photographer with a distinct visual style. Mahesh loves traveling to new places, meeting people, and documenting their daily life. He started his photography journey in 2008. His images are alluring, and deeply moving. You don’t need to know anything about the places he has visited to get impressed by his mesmerizing portrait travel images. He has received many international awards and international publications. "Photography creates some kind of magical moment. I don’t bother about the outcome of the shoot. But, I really enjoy the process of taking photos on the street and that is what keeps me going."
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LEIF STEINER UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/leif_steiner
“By definition, I’m a photographer. But I’ve got the mind of a scientist, the heart of the poet, and a camera to capture it all. When the lights go out, what really matters? People, relationships, and our interconnected humanity.”
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Leif Steiner creates soulful portraits that open a window into the daily existence of traditional communities with minimal contact with the outside world. He’s currently working on a multi-year project devoted to photographing and documenting traditional cultures around the world. Remarkably, this project made him realize the profound coincidences that define us as humans. In his words: “We come in a thousand different shapes and colors, but underneath that thin layer of skin, we’re far more similar than we are different. Even the most remote and isolated groups of people share the same basic kindness, the same intellectual curiosity, and the same empathy we’d expect from our next of kin.”
Life
PACO GARZÓN
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Peru, With The Yanamayo, Julian Yupanqui
SPAIN
www.instagram.com/pacogarzonphoto
Spanish photographer, Paco Garzón’s portraits are characterized by rich black and white tones, soft light, and genuine expressions. In his works the viewer can find a thoughtful moment — rather than the traditional, smiling-at-the-camera poses, his subjects are often in-studio backgrounds with stoic but genuine expressions. While his work in the studio seems to require more preparation, his work outdoors seems to be more spontaneous. In both situations, the photographer shows different creative results. Not everything has to be dramatic when it comes to black and white, and Paco’s images are a good example of this fact.
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LEIF STEINER UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/leif_steiner
“By definition, I’m a photographer. But I’ve got the mind of a scientist, the heart of the poet, and a camera to capture it all. When the lights go out, what really matters? People, relationships, and our interconnected humanity.”
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Leif Steiner creates soulful portraits that open a window into the daily existence of traditional communities with minimal contact with the outside world. He’s currently working on a multi-year project devoted to photographing and documenting traditional cultures around the world. Remarkably, this project made him realize the profound coincidences that define us as humans. In his words: “We come in a thousand different shapes and colors, but underneath that thin layer of skin, we’re far more similar than we are different. Even the most remote and isolated groups of people share the same basic kindness, the same intellectual curiosity, and the same empathy we’d expect from our next of kin.”
Life
PACO GARZÓN
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Peru, With The Yanamayo, Julian Yupanqui
SPAIN
www.instagram.com/pacogarzonphoto
Spanish photographer, Paco Garzón’s portraits are characterized by rich black and white tones, soft light, and genuine expressions. In his works the viewer can find a thoughtful moment — rather than the traditional, smiling-at-the-camera poses, his subjects are often in-studio backgrounds with stoic but genuine expressions. While his work in the studio seems to require more preparation, his work outdoors seems to be more spontaneous. In both situations, the photographer shows different creative results. Not everything has to be dramatic when it comes to black and white, and Paco’s images are a good example of this fact.
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Alchemy LM454
VANDECAMP & HEESTERBEEK NETHERLANDS
www.vandecamp-heesterbeek.nl
31
In the art of vandeCamp & Heesterbeek portrait, photography meets existentialism. By digital manipulation of photographs of ordinary people their existence is questioned. These ordinary people become alternative versions of themselves. Sometimes they become an esthetically enhanced version of themselves, sometimes they seem to dissolve in a black or white environment. In all cases, the works are highly associative. There is no one way to interpret them. There is no one reality anymore. Most manipulations evolve by chance. Because Patricia van de Camp and Marc Heesterbeek always work separately, their studios are in a different part of the Netherlands, and they send the photographs back and forth via a web link, they often misinterpret each other’s intentions. In this way, the images start to have a life of their own. Patricia van de Camp (1969) studied graphic Art and photography at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and the Design School SDU Kolding in Denmark. Marc Heesterbeek (1965) studied architecture and urban planning at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven and space architecture at the SICSA in Houston. In 2018 they decided to publish their work as an Art duo and combine their skills to make unique photographic works.
MICHEL LEROY
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New Kid in Town Number: 2050-235
UNITED STATES
www.michelleroyphoto.com
Michel Leroy was born in America in 1971 and grew up in Montana. He lived in London and Florence before finding his way to New York City in 2000, where he established a reputation as an award-winning entertainment and advertising photographer with a clear style that captures an authentic connection to real personalities from Olympic athletes to celebrity chefs. Alchemy, Leroy’s most defining project, began in 2016. This striking body-positive figurative series explores the tension between physicality and identity. The photographic style developed by the artist over a year of experimentation with a mixture of analog and digital elements produces arresting clarity and a unique dark metallic look reminiscent of a Daguerreotype in the pixel age.
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Alchemy LM454
VANDECAMP & HEESTERBEEK NETHERLANDS
www.vandecamp-heesterbeek.nl
31
In the art of vandeCamp & Heesterbeek portrait, photography meets existentialism. By digital manipulation of photographs of ordinary people their existence is questioned. These ordinary people become alternative versions of themselves. Sometimes they become an esthetically enhanced version of themselves, sometimes they seem to dissolve in a black or white environment. In all cases, the works are highly associative. There is no one way to interpret them. There is no one reality anymore. Most manipulations evolve by chance. Because Patricia van de Camp and Marc Heesterbeek always work separately, their studios are in a different part of the Netherlands, and they send the photographs back and forth via a web link, they often misinterpret each other’s intentions. In this way, the images start to have a life of their own. Patricia van de Camp (1969) studied graphic Art and photography at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and the Design School SDU Kolding in Denmark. Marc Heesterbeek (1965) studied architecture and urban planning at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven and space architecture at the SICSA in Houston. In 2018 they decided to publish their work as an Art duo and combine their skills to make unique photographic works.
MICHEL LEROY
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
New Kid in Town Number: 2050-235
UNITED STATES
www.michelleroyphoto.com
Michel Leroy was born in America in 1971 and grew up in Montana. He lived in London and Florence before finding his way to New York City in 2000, where he established a reputation as an award-winning entertainment and advertising photographer with a clear style that captures an authentic connection to real personalities from Olympic athletes to celebrity chefs. Alchemy, Leroy’s most defining project, began in 2016. This striking body-positive figurative series explores the tension between physicality and identity. The photographic style developed by the artist over a year of experimentation with a mixture of analog and digital elements produces arresting clarity and a unique dark metallic look reminiscent of a Daguerreotype in the pixel age.
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GRVTY2No.5
BENOIT COURTI FRANCE
www.benoitcourti.format.com
Benoit Courti is a French fine art photographer based in Paris. He was fascinated by photography since a very young age, however, he embraced a career as a music composer. Benoit became a professional portrait and art photographer in 2010. Using his music background he brings to life images with the touch that only music can provide. 33
Illuminating simple subjects, minimal compositions whilst preserving a strong expressiveness, his versatile black and white work encompass portraiture and storytelling images executed with immaculate technique. He’s certainly a contender for light, composition, and form.
DANIEL GARAY ARANGO
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
All We Need Is Love
COLOMBIA
www.garayarango.com
Daniel Garay Arango is a Colombian artist specializing in architectural photography. His masterpieces deconstruct architecture in a unique interplay between light and shadows. He is in a permanent quest for the unknown, escaping everyday routine. Using black and white and imagination as his main tools, Daniel takes the city to a whole new level and meaning, revealing what always hides in plain sight. This series tries to explore those known structures in a different way: to view them as ephemeral as we really are; tied them to our fate, our fragile existence; our own fight to survive the elements and the rules of physics. They will be here as long as we exist, and not much more than that.
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GRVTY2No.5
BENOIT COURTI FRANCE
www.benoitcourti.format.com
Benoit Courti is a French fine art photographer based in Paris. He was fascinated by photography since a very young age, however, he embraced a career as a music composer. Benoit became a professional portrait and art photographer in 2010. Using his music background he brings to life images with the touch that only music can provide. 33
Illuminating simple subjects, minimal compositions whilst preserving a strong expressiveness, his versatile black and white work encompass portraiture and storytelling images executed with immaculate technique. He’s certainly a contender for light, composition, and form.
DANIEL GARAY ARANGO
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
All We Need Is Love
COLOMBIA
www.garayarango.com
Daniel Garay Arango is a Colombian artist specializing in architectural photography. His masterpieces deconstruct architecture in a unique interplay between light and shadows. He is in a permanent quest for the unknown, escaping everyday routine. Using black and white and imagination as his main tools, Daniel takes the city to a whole new level and meaning, revealing what always hides in plain sight. This series tries to explore those known structures in a different way: to view them as ephemeral as we really are; tied them to our fate, our fragile existence; our own fight to survive the elements and the rules of physics. They will be here as long as we exist, and not much more than that.
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Second Dimension
TRAN TUAN VIET VIETNAM
www.instagram.com/vietsui
Trần Tuấn Việt (Tran Tuan Viet in English-language text) is a Vietnamese photographer, currently based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Known as a visual storyteller with a humanist approach, Viet offers in his photographs a positive, beautiful & benevolent gaze of Vietnam. 35
Dedication to the boundaries of creativity, Viet’s work being commissioned by large clients including Google, Samsung, Canon, Huawei, Vivo. Viet’s photos are also published widely by renowned media outlets such as National Geographic, Smithsonian, Forbes, CNN, The Guardian. Referred to a Vietnamese “bringing Vietnam to the world“ photographer (Vietnam News Agency), Viet was honored to receive many awards for his photos throughout Vietnam.
ZIQIAN LIU
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Sewing Blue Net
CHINA
www.ziqianqian.net
Ziqian Liu is a Chinese independent photographer born in 1990. Ziqian is currently based in Shanghai. All of her work is a self-portrait, she wishes to give the audience a small world which is calm but not flat. She wants to show women outside the soft and delicate and inner strength. The reason for choosing a self-portrait is because it is the best way for her to communicate with herself and to get to know herself better. It can inadvertently record the different moments of appearance it is also belonging to a kind of keeping a diary but in the form of pictures. The main theme of her work is a symbiosis between human beings and nature. To some extent, it can be said that human beings and the rest of the natural world is equal, we live in the same world, breathing the same air, mutual tolerance. In her works, she tries to find a state of harmony between humans and nature, and full of peace and emotion, because, in this state of symbiosis, beauty will be most embodied.
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Second Dimension
TRAN TUAN VIET VIETNAM
www.instagram.com/vietsui
Trần Tuấn Việt (Tran Tuan Viet in English-language text) is a Vietnamese photographer, currently based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Known as a visual storyteller with a humanist approach, Viet offers in his photographs a positive, beautiful & benevolent gaze of Vietnam. 35
Dedication to the boundaries of creativity, Viet’s work being commissioned by large clients including Google, Samsung, Canon, Huawei, Vivo. Viet’s photos are also published widely by renowned media outlets such as National Geographic, Smithsonian, Forbes, CNN, The Guardian. Referred to a Vietnamese “bringing Vietnam to the world“ photographer (Vietnam News Agency), Viet was honored to receive many awards for his photos throughout Vietnam.
ZIQIAN LIU
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Sewing Blue Net
CHINA
www.ziqianqian.net
Ziqian Liu is a Chinese independent photographer born in 1990. Ziqian is currently based in Shanghai. All of her work is a self-portrait, she wishes to give the audience a small world which is calm but not flat. She wants to show women outside the soft and delicate and inner strength. The reason for choosing a self-portrait is because it is the best way for her to communicate with herself and to get to know herself better. It can inadvertently record the different moments of appearance it is also belonging to a kind of keeping a diary but in the form of pictures. The main theme of her work is a symbiosis between human beings and nature. To some extent, it can be said that human beings and the rest of the natural world is equal, we live in the same world, breathing the same air, mutual tolerance. In her works, she tries to find a state of harmony between humans and nature, and full of peace and emotion, because, in this state of symbiosis, beauty will be most embodied.
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Towers
DAWID PLANETA POLAND
www.instagram.com/minipeopleinthejungle
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DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Dreams
POLAND
www.kwadrart.com
Dawid Planeta is a conceptual photographer and illustrator from Poland. He came to this realization while working on “Mini People”, his most recent series. It made him realize the power of art and creation. All of this was thanks to an unpleasant circumstance: he faced 'the black dog’ - depression. It’s not an easy condition to deal with. When one's depressed, nothing seems to have a purpose. Nothing is exciting. Decided to change this, art became his way out.
Dariusz Klimczak (1967, Sieradz, Poland) is a photographer for more than 30 years. Dariusz creates surreal montages based on his own photos. He prefers b&w squares but also uses colour. In his works he uses symbols and archetypes, to provoke the viewer to think or smile. His private ambition is to create a kind of visual esperanto, which would be understood all over the world.
He tried to stop thinking about depression as a weakness and turn it into something brilliant. He started creating dark, mysterious, and frightening images originating deep inside his mind. The recurring motif in his work is a small human figure lost in a dark jungle, facing huge creatures. Working on them and contemplating the final effect helped him grow his awareness of who he is and what he’s afraid of. It helped him see his emotions and confront them. It helped him get out of the jungle.
An author of 25 individual exhibitions. A composer and a producer of the album "Frimagination" by Climax Indigo. Author of 2 books of aphorisms (Aforyzjaki, Klocki ego). Grand Prix winner of prestigious Lec aphoristic competition (Nowy Targ, Poland, 2005). He used to be a painter, a journalist, and a drummer in a rock band. A father of 2 daughters - Nina (2007) and Zoja (2013).
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Towers
DAWID PLANETA POLAND
www.instagram.com/minipeopleinthejungle
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DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK
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Dreams
POLAND
www.kwadrart.com
Dawid Planeta is a conceptual photographer and illustrator from Poland. He came to this realization while working on “Mini People”, his most recent series. It made him realize the power of art and creation. All of this was thanks to an unpleasant circumstance: he faced 'the black dog’ - depression. It’s not an easy condition to deal with. When one's depressed, nothing seems to have a purpose. Nothing is exciting. Decided to change this, art became his way out.
Dariusz Klimczak (1967, Sieradz, Poland) is a photographer for more than 30 years. Dariusz creates surreal montages based on his own photos. He prefers b&w squares but also uses colour. In his works he uses symbols and archetypes, to provoke the viewer to think or smile. His private ambition is to create a kind of visual esperanto, which would be understood all over the world.
He tried to stop thinking about depression as a weakness and turn it into something brilliant. He started creating dark, mysterious, and frightening images originating deep inside his mind. The recurring motif in his work is a small human figure lost in a dark jungle, facing huge creatures. Working on them and contemplating the final effect helped him grow his awareness of who he is and what he’s afraid of. It helped him see his emotions and confront them. It helped him get out of the jungle.
An author of 25 individual exhibitions. A composer and a producer of the album "Frimagination" by Climax Indigo. Author of 2 books of aphorisms (Aforyzjaki, Klocki ego). Grand Prix winner of prestigious Lec aphoristic competition (Nowy Targ, Poland, 2005). He used to be a painter, a journalist, and a drummer in a rock band. A father of 2 daughters - Nina (2007) and Zoja (2013).
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“The Graphic Portrait” series
NADINE KOUPAEI SPAIN
www.nadinekoupaei.com
“Right now I feel like getting a walking stick. I want to feel my feet lifting and setting back down after every turn, hear each and every thump they make. Then, I want to trace the contours of all the impressions they’ve made, or at least all the ones I can see.”
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Nadine is a young all-around creative currently based in Mallorca, Spain. Born into a Bulgarian-Iranian family and raised between Germany, Dubai, and Spain, she developed an early capacity to communicate with a wide range of communities. To her, photography is a way to highlight certain aspects of her experiences rather than a way to interpret the world around her. Her work is usually characterized by an intimate connection with her subject matter, which is why sometimes she also combines poetry with her visuals. She has worked as a fashion photographer, as well as with different artists in the music industry, and has been featured in magazines such as California Style, Indie, Whitewall Magazine, among others. At the moment she is producing her first formal independent project.
PAULINE PETIT
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s(our)ce
FRANCE
www.pauline-petit.fr
Pauline Petit was born in 1986. She comes from France (Normandy) where she lives and works in her studio. "The Graphic Portrait" series is composed of several dozens of monochromes portraits with tight framing and features imaginary, humorous, and surprising characters who challenge, question, and make children and adults laugh. Pauline’s main inspiration comes from children's literature and her love for painting and drawing. By presenting a universe that is both youthful and fresh - but also very rigorous and precise - Pauline perceives how to intelligently combine these two passions and present visuals halfway between photography and drawing.
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“The Graphic Portrait” series
NADINE KOUPAEI SPAIN
www.nadinekoupaei.com
“Right now I feel like getting a walking stick. I want to feel my feet lifting and setting back down after every turn, hear each and every thump they make. Then, I want to trace the contours of all the impressions they’ve made, or at least all the ones I can see.”
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Nadine is a young all-around creative currently based in Mallorca, Spain. Born into a Bulgarian-Iranian family and raised between Germany, Dubai, and Spain, she developed an early capacity to communicate with a wide range of communities. To her, photography is a way to highlight certain aspects of her experiences rather than a way to interpret the world around her. Her work is usually characterized by an intimate connection with her subject matter, which is why sometimes she also combines poetry with her visuals. She has worked as a fashion photographer, as well as with different artists in the music industry, and has been featured in magazines such as California Style, Indie, Whitewall Magazine, among others. At the moment she is producing her first formal independent project.
PAULINE PETIT
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
s(our)ce
FRANCE
www.pauline-petit.fr
Pauline Petit was born in 1986. She comes from France (Normandy) where she lives and works in her studio. "The Graphic Portrait" series is composed of several dozens of monochromes portraits with tight framing and features imaginary, humorous, and surprising characters who challenge, question, and make children and adults laugh. Pauline’s main inspiration comes from children's literature and her love for painting and drawing. By presenting a universe that is both youthful and fresh - but also very rigorous and precise - Pauline perceives how to intelligently combine these two passions and present visuals halfway between photography and drawing.
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Caught In Your World
ANJA DIABATÉ GERMANY
www.anjadiabate.com
“Each of my artwork represents a definite concept and encourages the viewer starting to create their own story in their mind”
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Anja Diabaté is a professional photographer based in Hamburg, Germany. Her strength and power is the transformation of her ideas and creativity into extremely expressive and soulful photos. Each of her photographs tells a unique story. Her highest self-requirement is to create multiple photos from a single original, but without ever losing the cohesion to the embedding series.
ANJA RÖSGEN
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The Lion
GERMANY
www.instagram.com/mrs_white_photoart/
Anja Rösgen, a.k.a. Mrs. White Photoart, is known for her haunting and intriguing black and white photography. Surrealist and conceptual, she loves making up creative stories and capturing them with a peculiar style. Her characters are often staged in deserted environments; faceless or surreally alienated. Throughout her life, she has been fascinated with these kinds of stories, which are gloomy and evoke feelings of loneliness and melancholy. The human aspect is the most important part of her work and to underline her dark and often melancholic results.
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Caught In Your World
ANJA DIABATÉ GERMANY
www.anjadiabate.com
“Each of my artwork represents a definite concept and encourages the viewer starting to create their own story in their mind”
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Anja Diabaté is a professional photographer based in Hamburg, Germany. Her strength and power is the transformation of her ideas and creativity into extremely expressive and soulful photos. Each of her photographs tells a unique story. Her highest self-requirement is to create multiple photos from a single original, but without ever losing the cohesion to the embedding series.
ANJA RÖSGEN
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The Lion
GERMANY
www.instagram.com/mrs_white_photoart/
Anja Rösgen, a.k.a. Mrs. White Photoart, is known for her haunting and intriguing black and white photography. Surrealist and conceptual, she loves making up creative stories and capturing them with a peculiar style. Her characters are often staged in deserted environments; faceless or surreally alienated. Throughout her life, she has been fascinated with these kinds of stories, which are gloomy and evoke feelings of loneliness and melancholy. The human aspect is the most important part of her work and to underline her dark and often melancholic results.
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HASAN ALSAFFAR KUWAIT
www.instagram.com/alsaffarstudios
Acclaimed Kuwaiti photographer Hasan Alsaffar takes his works to a whole new level, shooting mesmerizing portraits that connect us to the lives and rich stories of his subjects.
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His quest to reveal the beauty of our world and the essence of the people that inhabit it has taken him from the depths of the Arabian And Red Seas to the peaks of the highest mountains in India and archaeological country as Ethiopia. It was in the midst of this artistic journey that Hasan discovered his true passion: “to capture the heart and soul of humans”, particularly of those from primitive cultures around the world. Hasan’s beautiful pictures perpetuate the voices of these communities, which are in danger of disappearing, victims of globalization. Hasan photographs are a feast to the eyes and the heart. Every one of his photographs is a visual delight, a creative masterpiece, and a powerful reminder of what makes us human.
Harper - Suri Tribe
GIOVANNA ARYAFARA
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Shepherd (A boy of Karo tribes in Omo Valley, Ethiopia)
AUSTRALIA
www.giovannaphotography.com
Giovanna Aryafara started her life-long passion for Photography 40 years ago in Sydney, Australia, continued in New Zealand as a school Photographer for several years. Over the years, she has exhibited her works in Australia, Bali, Brazil, and Thailand. She exhibited at the Africa Photo Festival 2018 in New York and at the Atlas of Humanity in Paris and Italy in 2019. Giovanna travels to India and Ethiopia yearly, both for her business and Photography. Her love for Photography, Art, fabrics, and tribal crafts come together at her highly regarded Home-wares and Lifestyle Stores ‘Bungalow Living Bali’. Through her works, Giovanna examines our Earth in an endless quest to document the subjects that awaken our emotions, invoke a sense of shared spirituality, and reveal our World through a minimalist, design-inspired lens.
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HASAN ALSAFFAR KUWAIT
www.instagram.com/alsaffarstudios
Acclaimed Kuwaiti photographer Hasan Alsaffar takes his works to a whole new level, shooting mesmerizing portraits that connect us to the lives and rich stories of his subjects.
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His quest to reveal the beauty of our world and the essence of the people that inhabit it has taken him from the depths of the Arabian And Red Seas to the peaks of the highest mountains in India and archaeological country as Ethiopia. It was in the midst of this artistic journey that Hasan discovered his true passion: “to capture the heart and soul of humans”, particularly of those from primitive cultures around the world. Hasan’s beautiful pictures perpetuate the voices of these communities, which are in danger of disappearing, victims of globalization. Hasan photographs are a feast to the eyes and the heart. Every one of his photographs is a visual delight, a creative masterpiece, and a powerful reminder of what makes us human.
Harper - Suri Tribe
GIOVANNA ARYAFARA
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Shepherd (A boy of Karo tribes in Omo Valley, Ethiopia)
AUSTRALIA
www.giovannaphotography.com
Giovanna Aryafara started her life-long passion for Photography 40 years ago in Sydney, Australia, continued in New Zealand as a school Photographer for several years. Over the years, she has exhibited her works in Australia, Bali, Brazil, and Thailand. She exhibited at the Africa Photo Festival 2018 in New York and at the Atlas of Humanity in Paris and Italy in 2019. Giovanna travels to India and Ethiopia yearly, both for her business and Photography. Her love for Photography, Art, fabrics, and tribal crafts come together at her highly regarded Home-wares and Lifestyle Stores ‘Bungalow Living Bali’. Through her works, Giovanna examines our Earth in an endless quest to document the subjects that awaken our emotions, invoke a sense of shared spirituality, and reveal our World through a minimalist, design-inspired lens.
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George Floyd
BEN ASHTON UNITED KINGDOM www.benashtonart.com
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“I tend to see the history of art as an index from which I can borrow, depending on what’s going on in contemporary life. At the moment I’m focusing on the Regency era and the birth of the British empire, a period of time that spawned a huge amount of self-congratulatory portraiture which now lines the walls of our museums and institutions... Britain is obsessed with its own history and how influential we used to be; we view our history with rose-tinted glasses, lionising our perceived victories whilst overlooking our various misdemeanours. Nationalism has been stoked recently by representing the past as something we should be moving back to, often painting a distorted picture of a greatness that never was. In my current work, I take these confident Regency poses and subvert and disrupt them, taking a ‘strong and stable‘ part of my heritage and making it unsafe and tainted.”
ADAM LISTER
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Persuasion
UNITED STATES
www.adamlistergallery.com
Adam Lister is a visual artist living and working in Beacon, New York. His work consists of geometric interpretations of iconic imagery and pop culture references. Lister has exhibited his artwork in galleries throughout the world, while also collaborating with numerous brands and other artists. The process deals with taking a memory of an image and highlighting its complexity and simplicity at the same time. These paintings are influenced by geometric thinking and a desire to capture the briefness of a mental picture. Lister’s curiosity surrounding visual perception and spatial arrangement plays with the way that he describes each image with a specific level of clarity.
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George Floyd
BEN ASHTON UNITED KINGDOM www.benashtonart.com
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“I tend to see the history of art as an index from which I can borrow, depending on what’s going on in contemporary life. At the moment I’m focusing on the Regency era and the birth of the British empire, a period of time that spawned a huge amount of self-congratulatory portraiture which now lines the walls of our museums and institutions... Britain is obsessed with its own history and how influential we used to be; we view our history with rose-tinted glasses, lionising our perceived victories whilst overlooking our various misdemeanours. Nationalism has been stoked recently by representing the past as something we should be moving back to, often painting a distorted picture of a greatness that never was. In my current work, I take these confident Regency poses and subvert and disrupt them, taking a ‘strong and stable‘ part of my heritage and making it unsafe and tainted.”
ADAM LISTER
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Persuasion
UNITED STATES
www.adamlistergallery.com
Adam Lister is a visual artist living and working in Beacon, New York. His work consists of geometric interpretations of iconic imagery and pop culture references. Lister has exhibited his artwork in galleries throughout the world, while also collaborating with numerous brands and other artists. The process deals with taking a memory of an image and highlighting its complexity and simplicity at the same time. These paintings are influenced by geometric thinking and a desire to capture the briefness of a mental picture. Lister’s curiosity surrounding visual perception and spatial arrangement plays with the way that he describes each image with a specific level of clarity.
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Garden of Secrets
ANTHONY RONDINONE UNITED STATES
www.anthonyrondinone.com
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LO CHAN PENG
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My Clothes Dont Fit Anymore
TAIWAN
www.lochanpeng.com
Anthony Rondinone is an emerging American painter born and raised in the Bronx, New York. With no formal training, he primarily focuses on stylistic portraits and figurative works which are the culmination of memories from growing up in a poor immigrant community and his take on humanity and current events. Mainly conveying emotions from deja vu like melancholy to inner disgust, each piece has its own personality.
Lo Chan Peng made his debut in 2007 with the Strawberry Generation series which depicts people around him as the subjects. Since then his name has been closely linked to photorealism or hyperrealism. Thirteen years later, his passion for portraiture remains. People are Lo’s main subjects. As long as he needs people, he is constantly in demand of photographing people or searching for images of men for the familiar connection between the artist and his subjects.
Anthony is interested in self-reflection and connecting to emotions. Whether he's attempting to show the beauty in sadness or revealing the ugly side of humanity, he wants people to find themselves in his work and spark a personal confrontation. Each of Anthony's paintings is a snapshot of exactly how he feels in a moment; a page in a journal where he pours emotion and watches it take shape. This is his way of documenting life.
Lo Chan Peng applies the glazing technique on his latest Portraiture series, with Garden of Secrets as one of the major works. The canvas is almost hyperrealistic, with metaphoric and metonymic details, the dramatic compositions respond to the disciplined forms. Lo gradually detaches himself from the shallow appearances in order to seek for the mind-blowing truth and reality under the deceiving surface. One only needs to look deep into the sitter’s eyes to realize she is in fact the representation of the artist himself, looking at our past, present, and future.
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Garden of Secrets
ANTHONY RONDINONE UNITED STATES
www.anthonyrondinone.com
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LO CHAN PENG
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My Clothes Dont Fit Anymore
TAIWAN
www.lochanpeng.com
Anthony Rondinone is an emerging American painter born and raised in the Bronx, New York. With no formal training, he primarily focuses on stylistic portraits and figurative works which are the culmination of memories from growing up in a poor immigrant community and his take on humanity and current events. Mainly conveying emotions from deja vu like melancholy to inner disgust, each piece has its own personality.
Lo Chan Peng made his debut in 2007 with the Strawberry Generation series which depicts people around him as the subjects. Since then his name has been closely linked to photorealism or hyperrealism. Thirteen years later, his passion for portraiture remains. People are Lo’s main subjects. As long as he needs people, he is constantly in demand of photographing people or searching for images of men for the familiar connection between the artist and his subjects.
Anthony is interested in self-reflection and connecting to emotions. Whether he's attempting to show the beauty in sadness or revealing the ugly side of humanity, he wants people to find themselves in his work and spark a personal confrontation. Each of Anthony's paintings is a snapshot of exactly how he feels in a moment; a page in a journal where he pours emotion and watches it take shape. This is his way of documenting life.
Lo Chan Peng applies the glazing technique on his latest Portraiture series, with Garden of Secrets as one of the major works. The canvas is almost hyperrealistic, with metaphoric and metonymic details, the dramatic compositions respond to the disciplined forms. Lo gradually detaches himself from the shallow appearances in order to seek for the mind-blowing truth and reality under the deceiving surface. One only needs to look deep into the sitter’s eyes to realize she is in fact the representation of the artist himself, looking at our past, present, and future.
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Synthetic Unit of Being
WAN-JIN GIM SOUTH KOREA
www.instagram.com/willeys_art
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Wanjin Gim is a Korean visual artist that creates wonderful surreal studies of the human anatomy. The prominent characteristics of his works are color and expressiveness. Transmitting such levels of emotion demands intensive work, but Wanjin is delighted by the process and believes the audience can perceive it. While it might appear that he focuses on expressions, he is primarily interested in the empty space surrounding characters. He works thinking on the harmony and balance between the human body and its environment. He explores how to turn a "target" into a "phenomenon" through the relationship between the figure and the margin. Wanjin not only uncovers the beauty of the human body, but he takes it to new dimensions with his boundless imagination. "The pure and clean true self is not far away. It has never been separated from myself for a moment, and from the beginning, it is shining brightly in its place."
ALVINE BAUTRA
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Divine Water No.2
LATVIA
www.alvinebautra.com
Alvīne Bautra (b.1990) is a Latvian contemporary painter whose main focus is on portrait and window surface paintings. The portrait painting compositions embody the feeling of movement in slow motion. The artist considers movement as a metaphor for the human being, the human multi-layered nature, diversity, and also uncertainty. Through the paintings, she outlines the complicity of the human mind and body in the existence. 50
In 2019 she has graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia, MA in Painting. She enriched knowledge at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee in Germany (2014) and the Estonian Academy of Arts (2018). In 2019 and 2020 she has been nominated by an international jury as one of the finalists in the painting contest "Young Painter Prize". In 2019 she was included in a book “100 Artists of the Future”.
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Synthetic Unit of Being
WAN-JIN GIM SOUTH KOREA
www.instagram.com/willeys_art
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Wanjin Gim is a Korean visual artist that creates wonderful surreal studies of the human anatomy. The prominent characteristics of his works are color and expressiveness. Transmitting such levels of emotion demands intensive work, but Wanjin is delighted by the process and believes the audience can perceive it. While it might appear that he focuses on expressions, he is primarily interested in the empty space surrounding characters. He works thinking on the harmony and balance between the human body and its environment. He explores how to turn a "target" into a "phenomenon" through the relationship between the figure and the margin. Wanjin not only uncovers the beauty of the human body, but he takes it to new dimensions with his boundless imagination. "The pure and clean true self is not far away. It has never been separated from myself for a moment, and from the beginning, it is shining brightly in its place."
ALVINE BAUTRA
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Divine Water No.2
LATVIA
www.alvinebautra.com
Alvīne Bautra (b.1990) is a Latvian contemporary painter whose main focus is on portrait and window surface paintings. The portrait painting compositions embody the feeling of movement in slow motion. The artist considers movement as a metaphor for the human being, the human multi-layered nature, diversity, and also uncertainty. Through the paintings, she outlines the complicity of the human mind and body in the existence. 50
In 2019 she has graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia, MA in Painting. She enriched knowledge at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee in Germany (2014) and the Estonian Academy of Arts (2018). In 2019 and 2020 she has been nominated by an international jury as one of the finalists in the painting contest "Young Painter Prize". In 2019 she was included in a book “100 Artists of the Future”.
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
The Boat Series
JASON PETERSON UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/jasonmpeterson
Jason Peterson is a renowned American artist specializing in urban photography. He prefers to shoot in black and white because it focuses the attention on the subject, avoiding the distraction of color. It also gives his photographs a timeless feeling. His work is pervaded by the tension between the small human condition and the giant urban landscape. 51
Jason’s work in advertising has influenced his photography, giving him tools to appeal to emotions and tell stories through the basics of monochromatic photography. He has held several photo exhibitions and has become an Instagram success with over 1 million followers.
TOM HEGEN
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The Chicago River
GERMANY
www.tomhegen.de
“There is no better time to take your beloved ones on a boat ride than a Sunday afternoon. THE BOAT SERIES is a documentation of boat owners and their belongings – a property portrait.” Tom Hegen is an award winning Photographer and Designer, based in Munich, Germany. He has that special eye for capturing unique views that show impact of human presence on earth.
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The Boat Series
JASON PETERSON UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/jasonmpeterson
Jason Peterson is a renowned American artist specializing in urban photography. He prefers to shoot in black and white because it focuses the attention on the subject, avoiding the distraction of color. It also gives his photographs a timeless feeling. His work is pervaded by the tension between the small human condition and the giant urban landscape. 51
Jason’s work in advertising has influenced his photography, giving him tools to appeal to emotions and tell stories through the basics of monochromatic photography. He has held several photo exhibitions and has become an Instagram success with over 1 million followers.
TOM HEGEN
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The Chicago River
GERMANY
www.tomhegen.de
“There is no better time to take your beloved ones on a boat ride than a Sunday afternoon. THE BOAT SERIES is a documentation of boat owners and their belongings – a property portrait.” Tom Hegen is an award winning Photographer and Designer, based in Munich, Germany. He has that special eye for capturing unique views that show impact of human presence on earth.
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Mr. Scissors
OLIVIER ROBERT BELGIUM
www.olivierrobert.net
This photograph is part of my Lake Geneva project started in 1995. It is a long-term work about the esthetic value of the man-made objects built on the shores of Lake Geneva in France and Switzerland. I have been photographing the lake for more than 20 years now. Living on the lakeshore, I must say that I have always been inspired by this large and beautiful 53
body of water season after season, year after year. Every single day, the magnificent combination of light and water tells a different story to those who take time to contemplate these striking sceneries. My approach consists of depicting a personal vision of these man-made structures built above the water. Over time, these structures deeply affect the perception of the landscape one can have. They gradually belong to the landscape until they are completely mingled. To me, this ‘unwitting esthetics’ of the man-made constructions contributes to the beauty and the uniqueness of Lake Geneva.
VICTORIA IVANOVA
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Winter Terrace, Lake Geneva, France
RUSSIA
www.instagram.com/vicsivanova
Victoria Ivanova is an unconventional conceptual photographer from Russia. Her creative images are carefully crafted and eye-catching because of the many playful details. Her artworks were featured in many photo exhibitions and projects in Russia and many other countries Victoria’s photos awake many emotions, they can make you sad or put a smile on your face. Many times even in their humor there is a serious, important message behind them. This is a difficult genre and both her ideas and the execution of her projects are top-notch.
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Mr. Scissors
OLIVIER ROBERT BELGIUM
www.olivierrobert.net
This photograph is part of my Lake Geneva project started in 1995. It is a long-term work about the esthetic value of the man-made objects built on the shores of Lake Geneva in France and Switzerland. I have been photographing the lake for more than 20 years now. Living on the lakeshore, I must say that I have always been inspired by this large and beautiful 53
body of water season after season, year after year. Every single day, the magnificent combination of light and water tells a different story to those who take time to contemplate these striking sceneries. My approach consists of depicting a personal vision of these man-made structures built above the water. Over time, these structures deeply affect the perception of the landscape one can have. They gradually belong to the landscape until they are completely mingled. To me, this ‘unwitting esthetics’ of the man-made constructions contributes to the beauty and the uniqueness of Lake Geneva.
VICTORIA IVANOVA
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Winter Terrace, Lake Geneva, France
RUSSIA
www.instagram.com/vicsivanova
Victoria Ivanova is an unconventional conceptual photographer from Russia. Her creative images are carefully crafted and eye-catching because of the many playful details. Her artworks were featured in many photo exhibitions and projects in Russia and many other countries Victoria’s photos awake many emotions, they can make you sad or put a smile on your face. Many times even in their humor there is a serious, important message behind them. This is a difficult genre and both her ideas and the execution of her projects are top-notch.
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See You Letter
JOSE IGNACIO HERNÁNDEZ SPAIN
www.nda-photo.com/portfolio/humanopolis
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Humanopolis is a photographic project that aims to humanize the city. It shows the interconnection of a man with the city. Humanopolis uses the metamorphosis of the human body with the landscape of the city. The naked body of a man as a symbol stripped of all sexual, economic, racial, political, and social conditions. Humanopolis series recreate, reconstruct the city through the intervention of the naked body with the urban space. Man merges with space and matter with form. Crossing the skin as a human boundary and crossing the surface as an urban boundary. The limits of the body with the limits of the city to create a mind without limits and an open city. Our physical space with our mental space, from the intimate to the public, from the interior to the exterior. Body and space, skin, and stone. Man grows and the city with him according to its needs. Architecture as an urban expression and the body as a human expression Public spaces, spaces of identity. The city is a product of its society, a reflection of the man who generates it.
HASSAN HAJILA
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Humanopolis
MOROCCO
www.hassanhajila.com
Hassan Hajila is a Visual Artist and Art Director from Morocco. His work has been published and listed in numerous recognized magazines and platforms all over the world. By combining photography of live models, image manipulation, and graphic design, the artist turns abstract matters like lava and clouds into breathtaking and humanized imagery. His obsession with the smallest details is what makes every piece of work something outstanding. His art can be described as conceptual, surreal, and sensual, with scenes meticulously arranged to become metaphors with a small story behind each piece. Every picture is imagined to amaze, unsettle, and push people to think so that each one can develop his point of view. For Hassan, the creative act is a work that carries a message capable of changing a person's point of view or perception of things. He does so by exploring all the curves and shapes of feminine beauty. His art reflects a will to celebrate the beauty and send a message of love, freedom, and diversity to anyone who may have doubts about themselves.
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See You Letter
JOSE IGNACIO HERNÁNDEZ SPAIN
www.nda-photo.com/portfolio/humanopolis
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Humanopolis is a photographic project that aims to humanize the city. It shows the interconnection of a man with the city. Humanopolis uses the metamorphosis of the human body with the landscape of the city. The naked body of a man as a symbol stripped of all sexual, economic, racial, political, and social conditions. Humanopolis series recreate, reconstruct the city through the intervention of the naked body with the urban space. Man merges with space and matter with form. Crossing the skin as a human boundary and crossing the surface as an urban boundary. The limits of the body with the limits of the city to create a mind without limits and an open city. Our physical space with our mental space, from the intimate to the public, from the interior to the exterior. Body and space, skin, and stone. Man grows and the city with him according to its needs. Architecture as an urban expression and the body as a human expression Public spaces, spaces of identity. The city is a product of its society, a reflection of the man who generates it.
HASSAN HAJILA
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Humanopolis
MOROCCO
www.hassanhajila.com
Hassan Hajila is a Visual Artist and Art Director from Morocco. His work has been published and listed in numerous recognized magazines and platforms all over the world. By combining photography of live models, image manipulation, and graphic design, the artist turns abstract matters like lava and clouds into breathtaking and humanized imagery. His obsession with the smallest details is what makes every piece of work something outstanding. His art can be described as conceptual, surreal, and sensual, with scenes meticulously arranged to become metaphors with a small story behind each piece. Every picture is imagined to amaze, unsettle, and push people to think so that each one can develop his point of view. For Hassan, the creative act is a work that carries a message capable of changing a person's point of view or perception of things. He does so by exploring all the curves and shapes of feminine beauty. His art reflects a will to celebrate the beauty and send a message of love, freedom, and diversity to anyone who may have doubts about themselves.
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WILLIE HSU UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/willie_hsu_art
Artist Willie Hsu is an expert in the creation of three-dimensional sketches on two-dimensional surfaces. His technique is based on the interplay with light and shadows. He primarily works with monochrome sketching on paper, creating ghostly figures that serve as stages for the stories of anonymous silhouettes. His works emphasize the emotion of the moment, accentuating the intriguing aspect of his final work. 57
“Here we hover, restless and forgotten souls left behind. Bound and tethered by an unknown purpose yet to be defined.”
AIR BARE
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It’s Called Compromise
Walking On Thin Ice
AUSTRALIA
www.instagram.com/airbarephotography
Air Bare was launched this year when it flew its first drone in the tropical skies of Port Douglas in far north Australia. They are the daughter/mother team of Lucy and Sarah Jenkins, who temporarily moved from Melbourne and Sydney respectively to escape the global pandemic. Lucy is a final year architecture student at the University of Melbourne who has had the incredible opportunity of working two internships during her degree with world renowned architectural firm Foster + Partners in London. Sarah is an artist, painting in the acrylic medium and finding inspiration from everyday life. They both share a passion for art, architecture, design and photography, and together they create interesting perspectives and unique images using drone technology. They are excited to continue to take Air Bare to the skies of Australia and beyond.
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WILLIE HSU UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/willie_hsu_art
Artist Willie Hsu is an expert in the creation of three-dimensional sketches on two-dimensional surfaces. His technique is based on the interplay with light and shadows. He primarily works with monochrome sketching on paper, creating ghostly figures that serve as stages for the stories of anonymous silhouettes. His works emphasize the emotion of the moment, accentuating the intriguing aspect of his final work. 57
“Here we hover, restless and forgotten souls left behind. Bound and tethered by an unknown purpose yet to be defined.”
AIR BARE
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
It’s Called Compromise
Walking On Thin Ice
AUSTRALIA
www.instagram.com/airbarephotography
Air Bare was launched this year when it flew its first drone in the tropical skies of Port Douglas in far north Australia. They are the daughter/mother team of Lucy and Sarah Jenkins, who temporarily moved from Melbourne and Sydney respectively to escape the global pandemic. Lucy is a final year architecture student at the University of Melbourne who has had the incredible opportunity of working two internships during her degree with world renowned architectural firm Foster + Partners in London. Sarah is an artist, painting in the acrylic medium and finding inspiration from everyday life. They both share a passion for art, architecture, design and photography, and together they create interesting perspectives and unique images using drone technology. They are excited to continue to take Air Bare to the skies of Australia and beyond.
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Walls
GUS SPAIN
www.gusfineart.com
Thoughtful and contemplative, viewing Gus artworks is like a meditation. Gus is a Fine Art Photographer from Spain. The most unique aspect of his work is the variety. His artworks depict subjects that feel like they are fading in front of the viewer’s eye. The surreal quality of his work augments his technical ability and leads the viewers to a new appreciation of a place that might not exist. This imaginative world stood with equal weight as a reality – with its endless mystery and revelation. 59
Gus compassionate artworks are inspired by ideas he carries in his mind. He captures the essence of the transient nature of life. Most of Gus' works carry soft touches of color that give his creations a dreamlike quality. Combining a variety of photographic techniques, especially multiple and long exposure, the artist takes us into a magical journey into the depths of his imagination. Using an age-old natural technique, mixed with nowadays photographs, his images are multi-layered, simply executed, and visually delightful.
RENÉ ROESER
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Spring Rain
LUXEMBURG
www.reneroeser.com
René Roeser is an emerging surrealistic self-taught photographer based in Luxemburg. Inspired by surreal painters, René uses his camera to combine images taken in the urban areas to create his absurd and paradoxical worlds. Combining images in an intriguing way, René creates what looks like a real photograph, yet with logical inconsistencies to impart an effect of surrealism. René completely refrains to use stock photos and uses only original elements in each of his works. He is always careful to keep the realistic aspect of each of them and his idea is to provoke the viewer to immerse themselves or just maybe get a simple smile.
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Walls
GUS SPAIN
www.gusfineart.com
Thoughtful and contemplative, viewing Gus artworks is like a meditation. Gus is a Fine Art Photographer from Spain. The most unique aspect of his work is the variety. His artworks depict subjects that feel like they are fading in front of the viewer’s eye. The surreal quality of his work augments his technical ability and leads the viewers to a new appreciation of a place that might not exist. This imaginative world stood with equal weight as a reality – with its endless mystery and revelation. 59
Gus compassionate artworks are inspired by ideas he carries in his mind. He captures the essence of the transient nature of life. Most of Gus' works carry soft touches of color that give his creations a dreamlike quality. Combining a variety of photographic techniques, especially multiple and long exposure, the artist takes us into a magical journey into the depths of his imagination. Using an age-old natural technique, mixed with nowadays photographs, his images are multi-layered, simply executed, and visually delightful.
RENÉ ROESER
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Spring Rain
LUXEMBURG
www.reneroeser.com
René Roeser is an emerging surrealistic self-taught photographer based in Luxemburg. Inspired by surreal painters, René uses his camera to combine images taken in the urban areas to create his absurd and paradoxical worlds. Combining images in an intriguing way, René creates what looks like a real photograph, yet with logical inconsistencies to impart an effect of surrealism. René completely refrains to use stock photos and uses only original elements in each of his works. He is always careful to keep the realistic aspect of each of them and his idea is to provoke the viewer to immerse themselves or just maybe get a simple smile.
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Gone Series: The Beauty of Urban Exploration in Abandoned Places
DANIEL CASTONGUAY CANADA
www.dancastudios.com
Award-winning photographer Daniel Castonguay is a street photographer based in Montreal, Canada. He is among others, a recipient of the award of the ‘Fine Art photo of the year 2019’, at the prestigious MonoVisions Photography Awards in London. Daniel began photography in 1979 as an extracurricular activity. He pursued his studies and obtained in 1989, a Professional Electrical Engineering degree at "Université du Québec à Chicoutimi" in Canada. 61
Living in a great city, he was naturally driven to street photography and depicting quotidian life in its simplest form. When he started in this field of photography, he worked according to the established standards of the style and at a certain point, he got bored of not being able to illustrate the mood of the “moment”. To give a more authentic touch to his work, audacious and greatly influenced by the early 20th-century pictorialist movement and artists such as Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Demachy, and Léonard Misonne, he began to process his imagery to make it a little more mysterious. This ended up in a unique "creative street photography" style, hence the name of his series "Quotidian Life".
ONDREJ MEDVED
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Friday
SLOVAKIA
www.ondrejmedved.com
Slovakian artist Ondrej Medved started his love for Photography in 2012. Since then, he has won several local photography awards and it has brought him many satisfactions. Photography plays an important role in Ondrej's life. It means the discovery of the beauty of a world that is often disguised quite well. He considers the particular photographic genres as various chapters of a colorful book of life. It is a great challenge for him to capture and present these chapters in a way that they preserve in the minds of the beholders and stay in their memories.
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HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Gone Series: The Beauty of Urban Exploration in Abandoned Places
DANIEL CASTONGUAY CANADA
www.dancastudios.com
Award-winning photographer Daniel Castonguay is a street photographer based in Montreal, Canada. He is among others, a recipient of the award of the ‘Fine Art photo of the year 2019’, at the prestigious MonoVisions Photography Awards in London. Daniel began photography in 1979 as an extracurricular activity. He pursued his studies and obtained in 1989, a Professional Electrical Engineering degree at "Université du Québec à Chicoutimi" in Canada. 61
Living in a great city, he was naturally driven to street photography and depicting quotidian life in its simplest form. When he started in this field of photography, he worked according to the established standards of the style and at a certain point, he got bored of not being able to illustrate the mood of the “moment”. To give a more authentic touch to his work, audacious and greatly influenced by the early 20th-century pictorialist movement and artists such as Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Demachy, and Léonard Misonne, he began to process his imagery to make it a little more mysterious. This ended up in a unique "creative street photography" style, hence the name of his series "Quotidian Life".
ONDREJ MEDVED
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Friday
SLOVAKIA
www.ondrejmedved.com
Slovakian artist Ondrej Medved started his love for Photography in 2012. Since then, he has won several local photography awards and it has brought him many satisfactions. Photography plays an important role in Ondrej's life. It means the discovery of the beauty of a world that is often disguised quite well. He considers the particular photographic genres as various chapters of a colorful book of life. It is a great challenge for him to capture and present these chapters in a way that they preserve in the minds of the beholders and stay in their memories.
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Mare Magnum
KATHLEEN GREENWOOD UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/eklectikxpressions
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Kathleen Greenwood views art not only as a form of self-expression but also as a means to provide a message about social issues and to evoke thoughts or emotions through images. Kathleen’s style is eclectic and her approach to transforming a blank canvas can be structured with a specific goal in mind or free-flowing with a lot of experimentation. Each design starts off with a base subject that gradually becomes more complex by adding layers, manipulating light and including a variety of elements. All of these actions help to enhance the main area of focus. A chain reaction occurs as each step that is taken leads to a set of sequential steps toward a predetermined vision or a vision that results from experimentation within the creative process. While at present she mainly focuses on digital art, she is a multifaceted artist that experiments with other techniques, including watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite. Kathleen’s inspiration comes from daily practice, nature, workshops, and fellow artists. Art for her continues to be a meandering path full of surprises and unpredictable outcomes.
ANA JUNKO
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Pedestal
SPAIN
www.anajunko.com
Spanish photographer Ana Junko captures the minimalistic beauty of the world in monochrome. In her series "Mare Magnum" and "In Honor of the Shadows", she explores the tranquility of the ocean and the interplay between light and darkness. Ana started experimenting with chemical photography in art school. She feels her images have inherited a distinctive analogical appearance from this unique experience. For her, black and white photography provides greater freedom for interpretation. She is not interested in a literal depiction of the world, but in the myriad of possible subjective interpretations. In her work, transmitting her personal vision and sensations comes before technical perfection and the technology of capture.
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Mare Magnum
KATHLEEN GREENWOOD UNITED STATES
www.instagram.com/eklectikxpressions
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Kathleen Greenwood views art not only as a form of self-expression but also as a means to provide a message about social issues and to evoke thoughts or emotions through images. Kathleen’s style is eclectic and her approach to transforming a blank canvas can be structured with a specific goal in mind or free-flowing with a lot of experimentation. Each design starts off with a base subject that gradually becomes more complex by adding layers, manipulating light and including a variety of elements. All of these actions help to enhance the main area of focus. A chain reaction occurs as each step that is taken leads to a set of sequential steps toward a predetermined vision or a vision that results from experimentation within the creative process. While at present she mainly focuses on digital art, she is a multifaceted artist that experiments with other techniques, including watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite. Kathleen’s inspiration comes from daily practice, nature, workshops, and fellow artists. Art for her continues to be a meandering path full of surprises and unpredictable outcomes.
ANA JUNKO
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Pedestal
SPAIN
www.anajunko.com
Spanish photographer Ana Junko captures the minimalistic beauty of the world in monochrome. In her series "Mare Magnum" and "In Honor of the Shadows", she explores the tranquility of the ocean and the interplay between light and darkness. Ana started experimenting with chemical photography in art school. She feels her images have inherited a distinctive analogical appearance from this unique experience. For her, black and white photography provides greater freedom for interpretation. She is not interested in a literal depiction of the world, but in the myriad of possible subjective interpretations. In her work, transmitting her personal vision and sensations comes before technical perfection and the technology of capture.
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No Exxit
OSKAR ALVARADO SPAIN
www.oskaralvarado.com
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The majority of us that have been born in cities resulting from rural emigration in the 60s - 70s have a commonplace that unites us: our parents’ village. Deleitosa is my village. It is located in the province of Cáceres, in the region of Extremadura in Spain. It is the place where all my family is and ancestors existed. Far from showing the perceptible appearance of Deleitosa or some of the visual references linked to what was a photographic icon of the social and economic backwardness in Spanish rural society, my gaze has some subjective nuances linked to a series of experiences, places, and memories. Reminiscences that have endured as apparitions in my memory. Images that intermingle episodes that float in the collective imagination with the new realities that coexist in the village. There is an emotional need to reflect on the territory of which we are part. To explore our identity in the echo of the places that still speak to us, or in the absence-presence of the people and beings that inhabit them. To form a visual interpretation that evokes the mystery that manifests itself in everyday rhythms, in the poetic condition that underlies the strange.
HEIKE WILLERS
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Where Fireflies Unfold
GERMANY
www.heikewillers.de
Heike Willers is from Germany. She is a creative photographer that combines reality with imagination and great storytelling. For her, a perfect image is the one that takes her inside into another world, into what the artist or author sees or feels. Her goal is to create images from inside her heart, using all kinds of sources and experimenting with different techniques. 66
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No Exxit
OSKAR ALVARADO SPAIN
www.oskaralvarado.com
65
The majority of us that have been born in cities resulting from rural emigration in the 60s - 70s have a commonplace that unites us: our parents’ village. Deleitosa is my village. It is located in the province of Cáceres, in the region of Extremadura in Spain. It is the place where all my family is and ancestors existed. Far from showing the perceptible appearance of Deleitosa or some of the visual references linked to what was a photographic icon of the social and economic backwardness in Spanish rural society, my gaze has some subjective nuances linked to a series of experiences, places, and memories. Reminiscences that have endured as apparitions in my memory. Images that intermingle episodes that float in the collective imagination with the new realities that coexist in the village. There is an emotional need to reflect on the territory of which we are part. To explore our identity in the echo of the places that still speak to us, or in the absence-presence of the people and beings that inhabit them. To form a visual interpretation that evokes the mystery that manifests itself in everyday rhythms, in the poetic condition that underlies the strange.
HEIKE WILLERS
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Where Fireflies Unfold
GERMANY
www.heikewillers.de
Heike Willers is from Germany. She is a creative photographer that combines reality with imagination and great storytelling. For her, a perfect image is the one that takes her inside into another world, into what the artist or author sees or feels. Her goal is to create images from inside her heart, using all kinds of sources and experimenting with different techniques. 66
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Under A Storm
KATHRIN FEDERER SWITZERLAND
www.kathrinfederer.ch
Zurich-based Swiss visual artist Kathrin Federer, also known as Kat, creates portals to an imaginary world, which becomes clear when you witness her whimsical visions, rich in storytelling. Creative from childhood, starting with abstract painting at 25, she came into contact with Photoshop for the first time in 2017. A new world opened up for her, and she immersed herself with body and soul. 67
She describes the deduction of colors with a reduction to the essential statement in her artworks. This is the central point and should inspire the viewer to think her artworks along with and further. While her full portfolio isn’t exclusive to playful surrealism and black and white, it’s a pleasure to offer a little of her light-hearted magic. Kat is inspired by everyday themes, other visuals, and her own imagination and fantasy.
NUNO SERRÃO
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Pingu Looking For More Snow
PORTUGAL
www.nunoserrao.com
Nuno Serrão is an awarded Portuguese photographer and cinematographer, with clients like Adobe and Samsung Electronics, work published in mainstream magazines like Aesthetica Magazine, Marie Claire Italy, HuffPost, and awards from the likes of NASA. Interested in the dialogues between science and contemporary art, each of his images considers how information is handled, shared, and perceived, framing scenarios as micro-narratives, demonstrating sensitivity and curiosity for the planet and its inhabitants.
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Under A Storm
KATHRIN FEDERER SWITZERLAND
www.kathrinfederer.ch
Zurich-based Swiss visual artist Kathrin Federer, also known as Kat, creates portals to an imaginary world, which becomes clear when you witness her whimsical visions, rich in storytelling. Creative from childhood, starting with abstract painting at 25, she came into contact with Photoshop for the first time in 2017. A new world opened up for her, and she immersed herself with body and soul. 67
She describes the deduction of colors with a reduction to the essential statement in her artworks. This is the central point and should inspire the viewer to think her artworks along with and further. While her full portfolio isn’t exclusive to playful surrealism and black and white, it’s a pleasure to offer a little of her light-hearted magic. Kat is inspired by everyday themes, other visuals, and her own imagination and fantasy.
NUNO SERRÃO
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Pingu Looking For More Snow
PORTUGAL
www.nunoserrao.com
Nuno Serrão is an awarded Portuguese photographer and cinematographer, with clients like Adobe and Samsung Electronics, work published in mainstream magazines like Aesthetica Magazine, Marie Claire Italy, HuffPost, and awards from the likes of NASA. Interested in the dialogues between science and contemporary art, each of his images considers how information is handled, shared, and perceived, framing scenarios as micro-narratives, demonstrating sensitivity and curiosity for the planet and its inhabitants.
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Myanmar
ALEXANDER BRONFER UKRAINE
www.bronfer.com
Alexander Bronfer is an Israeli photographer. Born in Ukraine and studied in Saint Petersburg (Russia), Alexander is a talented and creative artist with a unique concept of street photography. He focuses on the connection between street and fine art photography, there he finds that reality is not what he is trying to capture but his personal feeling of the scene is. 69
Alexander was a finalist of multiple international and Israeli photography festivals. Recently he spends his time on personal projects mainly in Israel and Eastern Europe.
NICOLA DUCATI
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Viscri, Romania - Glimpse To My Childhood
ITALY
www.instagram.com/nicola.ducati
Nicola Ducati was born in a small town in the north Italian Alps. He started traveling at an early age, driven by curiosity to learn more, always in search of the beauty of the world and humanity. Nicola captures impressive touchy images. His photographs document his trips and are focused on the narratives of places that he has visited. His work is derived from the passing of time, which changes things, transforms everything, and quickly makes traditions, people, and habits fade. His art is not conceptual - it outlines what he sees, feels, excites, and moves him. Art became a tool for documenting memory and our roots
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Myanmar
ALEXANDER BRONFER UKRAINE
www.bronfer.com
Alexander Bronfer is an Israeli photographer. Born in Ukraine and studied in Saint Petersburg (Russia), Alexander is a talented and creative artist with a unique concept of street photography. He focuses on the connection between street and fine art photography, there he finds that reality is not what he is trying to capture but his personal feeling of the scene is. 69
Alexander was a finalist of multiple international and Israeli photography festivals. Recently he spends his time on personal projects mainly in Israel and Eastern Europe.
NICOLA DUCATI
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Viscri, Romania - Glimpse To My Childhood
ITALY
www.instagram.com/nicola.ducati
Nicola Ducati was born in a small town in the north Italian Alps. He started traveling at an early age, driven by curiosity to learn more, always in search of the beauty of the world and humanity. Nicola captures impressive touchy images. His photographs document his trips and are focused on the narratives of places that he has visited. His work is derived from the passing of time, which changes things, transforms everything, and quickly makes traditions, people, and habits fade. His art is not conceptual - it outlines what he sees, feels, excites, and moves him. Art became a tool for documenting memory and our roots
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HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Black Symphony
PIETRINO DI SEBASTIANO ITALY
www.disebastiano.eu
Pietrino Di Sebastiano is a fine art photographer from Abruzzo, Italy. He specializes in black and white photography. He has been broadly recognized with multiple awards, publications and exhibitions. His main influences include Mario Giacomelli and Michael Kenna. Pietrino’s distinctive monochrome style focuses on landscapes and architecture. 71
His minimalist compositions simplify the world around us, preserving and enhancing the most essential building blocks of beauty.
HANS-MARTIN DÖLZ
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Palazzo Lombardia #4, Milano, Italy
GERMANY
www.hansmartindoelz.co
Hans-Martin Dölz is a German artist renowned for his architectural and abstract photography. His first artworks were graphic images, computer-generated via mathematical algorithms. He was fascinated by the interplay between colors, lines, and shapes. These works drew inspiration from French media artist Vera Molnár who is considered a pioneer of computer art back in the 1960s. He later experimented using actual photographs as seeds of computer modifications that turned them into abstract images. Some of these explorations involved fractals, which lead to universes within universes, never-ending cascades of self-similar geometric beauty. Since 2013 Hans-Martin focuses mainly on photography without alteration. Most of his images capture the stunning geometric patterns that can be found in man-made structures and the natural world. His work has been published worldwide and it has been recognized with numerous international awards.
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Black Symphony
PIETRINO DI SEBASTIANO ITALY
www.disebastiano.eu
Pietrino Di Sebastiano is a fine art photographer from Abruzzo, Italy. He specializes in black and white photography. He has been broadly recognized with multiple awards, publications and exhibitions. His main influences include Mario Giacomelli and Michael Kenna. Pietrino’s distinctive monochrome style focuses on landscapes and architecture. 71
His minimalist compositions simplify the world around us, preserving and enhancing the most essential building blocks of beauty.
HANS-MARTIN DÖLZ
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Palazzo Lombardia #4, Milano, Italy
GERMANY
www.hansmartindoelz.co
Hans-Martin Dölz is a German artist renowned for his architectural and abstract photography. His first artworks were graphic images, computer-generated via mathematical algorithms. He was fascinated by the interplay between colors, lines, and shapes. These works drew inspiration from French media artist Vera Molnár who is considered a pioneer of computer art back in the 1960s. He later experimented using actual photographs as seeds of computer modifications that turned them into abstract images. Some of these explorations involved fractals, which lead to universes within universes, never-ending cascades of self-similar geometric beauty. Since 2013 Hans-Martin focuses mainly on photography without alteration. Most of his images capture the stunning geometric patterns that can be found in man-made structures and the natural world. His work has been published worldwide and it has been recognized with numerous international awards.
72
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Wetterhorn, Bern, CH
MARTIN DEE CANADA
www.martindeephotography.com
Martin Dee is a Canadian photographer who has spent over three decades as a corporate and editorial photographer in Vancouver, British Columbia. But since his late teens, he has always endeavored to work on personal projects on the side that lean toward abstract fine art photography and painting. 73
In 2017, he began a journey of experimental photography using a technique known as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Today, he continues to explore the possibilities of creating images by deliberately moving the camera using a slow shutter speed to achieve an impressionistic view of the world. The photographer employs this technique to achieve the blurred (and painterly) effect in-camera and does not further manipulate the images in post-production other than to adjust and/or enhance a photograph’s color, tone, and contrast to best convey the mood that he felt when capturing the photograph.
ZAK van BILJON
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Soft Autumn Colours
SWITZERLAND
www.instagram.com/zakvanbiljon
Red turf is the homeland of Zak van Biljon. The South African photographer, born in 1981, spent his childhood and teenage years in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. In 2003 Zak graduated as best student at the National College of Photography. With a study of black & white printing – ironically, for someone who grew up under the colorful impressions of the Rainbow Nation. In 2004 he left the country and emigrated to Europe. It was in Rome, where he discovered another sunlight, and in London, where he scored himself on top of booking lists for prestigious underground labels. He continued his career as a part-time commercial photographer in Zurich, Switzerland, exerting the mastery of his fine art projects. His work range from digital to analog with skills in contemporary advertising and modern art photography. His main focus is the directorial handling of light – as shown in his recent artwork, capture the world in infrared. The world seen in red and pink colors provides new and impressive insight into reality as we know it.
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Wetterhorn, Bern, CH
MARTIN DEE CANADA
www.martindeephotography.com
Martin Dee is a Canadian photographer who has spent over three decades as a corporate and editorial photographer in Vancouver, British Columbia. But since his late teens, he has always endeavored to work on personal projects on the side that lean toward abstract fine art photography and painting. 73
In 2017, he began a journey of experimental photography using a technique known as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Today, he continues to explore the possibilities of creating images by deliberately moving the camera using a slow shutter speed to achieve an impressionistic view of the world. The photographer employs this technique to achieve the blurred (and painterly) effect in-camera and does not further manipulate the images in post-production other than to adjust and/or enhance a photograph’s color, tone, and contrast to best convey the mood that he felt when capturing the photograph.
ZAK van BILJON
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Soft Autumn Colours
SWITZERLAND
www.instagram.com/zakvanbiljon
Red turf is the homeland of Zak van Biljon. The South African photographer, born in 1981, spent his childhood and teenage years in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. In 2003 Zak graduated as best student at the National College of Photography. With a study of black & white printing – ironically, for someone who grew up under the colorful impressions of the Rainbow Nation. In 2004 he left the country and emigrated to Europe. It was in Rome, where he discovered another sunlight, and in London, where he scored himself on top of booking lists for prestigious underground labels. He continued his career as a part-time commercial photographer in Zurich, Switzerland, exerting the mastery of his fine art projects. His work range from digital to analog with skills in contemporary advertising and modern art photography. His main focus is the directorial handling of light – as shown in his recent artwork, capture the world in infrared. The world seen in red and pink colors provides new and impressive insight into reality as we know it.
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Level Of Concern
HEINZ INNERHOFER ITALY
www.h-innerhofer.com
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Italian photographer Heinz Innerhofer has created unique results in every one of his artworks. He has been dealing with the subject of the landscape for years, not exclusively but always intensively. This motif is explored in its various aesthetic and inner aspects. The light, the mood, the atmosphere, and the feelings or memories that the motif evokes, also play a decisive role. The contours blur and the subject are not reproduced in a detailed representation of reality. What remains is a reduced and individual reproduction of the experienced nature and an impression of it. The title "LÜM" (Rhaeto-Romanic Light), depicts light as crucial in optical perception. It reveals the perceived landscape sometimes in contrast, sometimes only gently and not always in a clear way, but it is essential for our perception, which always remains individual.
NATE HILL
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LÜM
AUSTRALIA
www.natehillphotography.com.au
Nate Hill is a freelance photographer and digital artist from Melbourne, Australia. Nate took the long way around to finding his calling as an artist. He went from a visual arts degree to playing/recording/touring in various bands, to teaching. While teaching (Drums) he worked part-time as a portrait photographer, coupled with being a stay at home Dad. Now he has found his groove with a mix of photography, videography, photo manipulation, digital art, and design. His work is largely influenced by music and he is passionate about working with bands and artists creating visuals to accompany their music. He has a recognizable style of his own that includes his ongoing series of "Twisted Landscapes" and his black and white "Digital Landscapes".
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Level Of Concern
HEINZ INNERHOFER ITALY
www.h-innerhofer.com
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Italian photographer Heinz Innerhofer has created unique results in every one of his artworks. He has been dealing with the subject of the landscape for years, not exclusively but always intensively. This motif is explored in its various aesthetic and inner aspects. The light, the mood, the atmosphere, and the feelings or memories that the motif evokes, also play a decisive role. The contours blur and the subject are not reproduced in a detailed representation of reality. What remains is a reduced and individual reproduction of the experienced nature and an impression of it. The title "LÜM" (Rhaeto-Romanic Light), depicts light as crucial in optical perception. It reveals the perceived landscape sometimes in contrast, sometimes only gently and not always in a clear way, but it is essential for our perception, which always remains individual.
NATE HILL
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LÜM
AUSTRALIA
www.natehillphotography.com.au
Nate Hill is a freelance photographer and digital artist from Melbourne, Australia. Nate took the long way around to finding his calling as an artist. He went from a visual arts degree to playing/recording/touring in various bands, to teaching. While teaching (Drums) he worked part-time as a portrait photographer, coupled with being a stay at home Dad. Now he has found his groove with a mix of photography, videography, photo manipulation, digital art, and design. His work is largely influenced by music and he is passionate about working with bands and artists creating visuals to accompany their music. He has a recognizable style of his own that includes his ongoing series of "Twisted Landscapes" and his black and white "Digital Landscapes".
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The Girl in The Glass
STÉPHANE NAVAILLES FRANCE
www.instagram.com/stephane_navailles
French artist Stéphane Navailles has been practicing photography since 1993, the year when he discovered San Francisco, its tramcars and hip hop culture. The town appealed to him as much as in his memory of Steve McQueen’s classic film Bullitt, which he had seen a few years before. Above all, Stephane was fascinated by urban graffiti. 77
Back in Paris a “bad guy” named burnout ingratiated itself into Stephane’s professional existence. Nothing made sense to him anymore. He even pawned his favorite camera! After months and months of “nothingness”, his horizon opened up again to the beauty of lines, curves and people. Even black and white photography, which he used to find dull in the first place, became a most stimulating means of expression for him. Every shot, either in monochrome or color, made him feel alive again, while the urge to share his experience continued to grow. Stephane’s project combines his explorations into the beauty of graphic photography with his quest for beauty that is true to life, with all its contrast and ephemeral emotions.
LEE WHITEHEAD
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Two Seconds To Shoot
UNITED KINGDOM www.lee-whitehead.co.uk
Lee Whitehead is a street photographer from Manchester, UK. Drawing inspiration from old-school photographers, Lee has built an impressive portfolio using both film and digital equipment. His work has taken Lee to a number of different paths, and this allowed him to make relationships and connections with people from all walks of life. Everywhere he has gone, his camera has served as a literal and figural lens, through which he accesses the world around him. At first, Lee engaged with black and white imagery, and he connected with tonal contrast. From there, he began to explore narrative and storytelling. Photographs need to be about the subject, without the subject, the photograph cannot exist and everything else is merely a bonus. This is how Lee's mission is to capture stories, doubts, dreams, and feats. Lee uses photography to give his subjects a voice. Everybody has a story to tell, and if he can play a role in helping someone share it, so be it.
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The Girl in The Glass
STÉPHANE NAVAILLES FRANCE
www.instagram.com/stephane_navailles
French artist Stéphane Navailles has been practicing photography since 1993, the year when he discovered San Francisco, its tramcars and hip hop culture. The town appealed to him as much as in his memory of Steve McQueen’s classic film Bullitt, which he had seen a few years before. Above all, Stephane was fascinated by urban graffiti. 77
Back in Paris a “bad guy” named burnout ingratiated itself into Stephane’s professional existence. Nothing made sense to him anymore. He even pawned his favorite camera! After months and months of “nothingness”, his horizon opened up again to the beauty of lines, curves and people. Even black and white photography, which he used to find dull in the first place, became a most stimulating means of expression for him. Every shot, either in monochrome or color, made him feel alive again, while the urge to share his experience continued to grow. Stephane’s project combines his explorations into the beauty of graphic photography with his quest for beauty that is true to life, with all its contrast and ephemeral emotions.
LEE WHITEHEAD
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Two Seconds To Shoot
UNITED KINGDOM www.lee-whitehead.co.uk
Lee Whitehead is a street photographer from Manchester, UK. Drawing inspiration from old-school photographers, Lee has built an impressive portfolio using both film and digital equipment. His work has taken Lee to a number of different paths, and this allowed him to make relationships and connections with people from all walks of life. Everywhere he has gone, his camera has served as a literal and figural lens, through which he accesses the world around him. At first, Lee engaged with black and white imagery, and he connected with tonal contrast. From there, he began to explore narrative and storytelling. Photographs need to be about the subject, without the subject, the photograph cannot exist and everything else is merely a bonus. This is how Lee's mission is to capture stories, doubts, dreams, and feats. Lee uses photography to give his subjects a voice. Everybody has a story to tell, and if he can play a role in helping someone share it, so be it.
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Unknown
MARIUS SURLEAC ROMANIA
www.mariussurleac.ro
Marius Surleac is a Bucharest-based photographer. He mostly focuses on street and abstract architectural photography. He’s passionate about physics and mathematics and tries to capture some of the elements into an array of visually attractive patterns that sometimes may come into contradiction with one another. His photography is spontaneous and approaches minimalism, combining abstract with the presence of people, while underlining someway the matrix-like idea of our everyday lives. 79
Light-drawing shadows, the poetry of shapes, framing, illusions, ratios - the geometry is omnipresent, and it flows through our eyes. Simplicity and minimalism are key factors for the story to go smooth & to have a powerful impact. Surleac’s artwork has been selected in collective exhibitions, published in international magazines & curated galleries around the world, and has been awarded by prestigious international competitions.
FADI MASRI ZADA
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Insulated
SYRIA
www.instagram.com/fadi_masrizada
Fadi Masri Zada is a Syrian-based photographer with a passion for creating street photography that tells a story with expression, color, and light. His street photography uses non-traditional composition to tell a visual story. Studying Engineering at Damascus university did not stop him from falling in love with photography. The starting point was in 1989 when he was visiting his brother in Paris. It was then when his brother introduced him to the photography world. After that trip "I started to feel the beauty of everything around me, carrying my camera around the clock, everything was calling me to capture its moment, the dark before its invasion on light, the light after breaking the dark, ruins of Empires, faces of people, etc. “One of the subjects which motivated me the most was the Ancient City of Damascus, which gave me everything I want as a photographer, especially when I was using film photography which was unique connection with every image to express the depth of feeling.” Fadi's works were exhibited in five solo photography exhibitions and many group exhibitions around the world.
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Unknown
MARIUS SURLEAC ROMANIA
www.mariussurleac.ro
Marius Surleac is a Bucharest-based photographer. He mostly focuses on street and abstract architectural photography. He’s passionate about physics and mathematics and tries to capture some of the elements into an array of visually attractive patterns that sometimes may come into contradiction with one another. His photography is spontaneous and approaches minimalism, combining abstract with the presence of people, while underlining someway the matrix-like idea of our everyday lives. 79
Light-drawing shadows, the poetry of shapes, framing, illusions, ratios - the geometry is omnipresent, and it flows through our eyes. Simplicity and minimalism are key factors for the story to go smooth & to have a powerful impact. Surleac’s artwork has been selected in collective exhibitions, published in international magazines & curated galleries around the world, and has been awarded by prestigious international competitions.
FADI MASRI ZADA
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Insulated
SYRIA
www.instagram.com/fadi_masrizada
Fadi Masri Zada is a Syrian-based photographer with a passion for creating street photography that tells a story with expression, color, and light. His street photography uses non-traditional composition to tell a visual story. Studying Engineering at Damascus university did not stop him from falling in love with photography. The starting point was in 1989 when he was visiting his brother in Paris. It was then when his brother introduced him to the photography world. After that trip "I started to feel the beauty of everything around me, carrying my camera around the clock, everything was calling me to capture its moment, the dark before its invasion on light, the light after breaking the dark, ruins of Empires, faces of people, etc. “One of the subjects which motivated me the most was the Ancient City of Damascus, which gave me everything I want as a photographer, especially when I was using film photography which was unique connection with every image to express the depth of feeling.” Fadi's works were exhibited in five solo photography exhibitions and many group exhibitions around the world.
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My Forest
GEIR FLØDE NORWAY
www.geirfloede.com
Geir Fløde is a Norwegian graphic designer, photographer, and digital artist. He looks at the photo as an opportunity to create inner pictures and stories. Therefore, surrealism is closest to his heart where he is freer to express thoughts and feelings.
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Geir pictures are often about human drama. In many of the pictures, people and nature are connected. He is concerned with how nature affects us and how we influence nature. He has previously worked as a cartoonist. The pictures are often dark and mollified but still, there is a touch of humor.
MARTINA DIMUNOVA
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Behind The Horizon
CZECH REPUBLIC
www.instagram.com/mdimun
Martina Dimunova, a photographer from the Czech Republic, has an ability of aesthetics and composition. Martina focuses on black and white photography and most of her works consist of portraits and abstract photography.
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My Forest
GEIR FLØDE NORWAY
www.geirfloede.com
Geir Fløde is a Norwegian graphic designer, photographer, and digital artist. He looks at the photo as an opportunity to create inner pictures and stories. Therefore, surrealism is closest to his heart where he is freer to express thoughts and feelings.
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Geir pictures are often about human drama. In many of the pictures, people and nature are connected. He is concerned with how nature affects us and how we influence nature. He has previously worked as a cartoonist. The pictures are often dark and mollified but still, there is a touch of humor.
MARTINA DIMUNOVA
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Behind The Horizon
CZECH REPUBLIC
www.instagram.com/mdimun
Martina Dimunova, a photographer from the Czech Republic, has an ability of aesthetics and composition. Martina focuses on black and white photography and most of her works consist of portraits and abstract photography.
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Untitled
LUCA D. TAUKERT GERMANY
CHARLOTTE van DRIEL NETHERLANDS
www.taukert.de
Luca D. Taukert is a Stuttgart (Germany) based fine-art and advertisement photographer. Luca has a wonderful minimalist feed featuring architecture, people, and food. With a healthy dose of perfectly framed architecture, Luca focused on minimal photography with an abstract style. In his Dichromasie series, Luca centers on white and turquoise colors. Doing this, he represents the idea of the architect's mind. 83
Luca has been demonstrating his eye for beautifully composed shots of detailed exteriors. His works have been displayed in many international exhibitions in the latest years.
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Dichromasie
www.instagram.com/charlotte_vandriel
“Minimalism is the ultimate sophistication”. Charlotte van Driel, a hyper-talented self-taught photographer, and retoucher from the Netherlands, masters minimalism, architecture, and landscape photography. Her photos depict the right mixture of magnificent architecture and scenic nature, with a minimalist approach.
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Untitled
LUCA D. TAUKERT GERMANY
CHARLOTTE van DRIEL NETHERLANDS
www.taukert.de
Luca D. Taukert is a Stuttgart (Germany) based fine-art and advertisement photographer. Luca has a wonderful minimalist feed featuring architecture, people, and food. With a healthy dose of perfectly framed architecture, Luca focused on minimal photography with an abstract style. In his Dichromasie series, Luca centers on white and turquoise colors. Doing this, he represents the idea of the architect's mind. 83
Luca has been demonstrating his eye for beautifully composed shots of detailed exteriors. His works have been displayed in many international exhibitions in the latest years.
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Dichromasie
www.instagram.com/charlotte_vandriel
“Minimalism is the ultimate sophistication”. Charlotte van Driel, a hyper-talented self-taught photographer, and retoucher from the Netherlands, masters minimalism, architecture, and landscape photography. Her photos depict the right mixture of magnificent architecture and scenic nature, with a minimalist approach.
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Lost In Fire
MAGDA FULGER ROMANIA
www.instagram.com/magda.fulger
Magda Fulger is a Romanian photographer whose work is characterized by black and whites tones, soft light with accurate results. Magda discovered photography as a means of personal expression in 2015. Her photography can be described as graphic, abstract, often surreal and poetic. 85
CONSTANTA FERENTZ
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Man In Geometry
ROMANIA
www.instagram.com/constantaferentz
Constanta Ferentz is a Romanian photographer. Her eye-catching and distinct black and white photos create a "wow" experience. Constanta Ferentz shoots with a beautiful style, a true photographer with a camera, and definitely a profile worth following. 86
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Lost In Fire
MAGDA FULGER ROMANIA
www.instagram.com/magda.fulger
Magda Fulger is a Romanian photographer whose work is characterized by black and whites tones, soft light with accurate results. Magda discovered photography as a means of personal expression in 2015. Her photography can be described as graphic, abstract, often surreal and poetic. 85
CONSTANTA FERENTZ
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Man In Geometry
ROMANIA
www.instagram.com/constantaferentz
Constanta Ferentz is a Romanian photographer. Her eye-catching and distinct black and white photos create a "wow" experience. Constanta Ferentz shoots with a beautiful style, a true photographer with a camera, and definitely a profile worth following. 86
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It’s Time To Go
FREDERIC DEBILLY FRANCE
www.fredericdebilly.fr
Frederic Debilly is a professional landscape photographer based in Haute-Marne - France. Through processing and development, Frederic conveys his unique interpretation of the landscapes he photographs. He enjoys capturing the magic and the beauty of rural landscapes and representing the natural heritage of a country. He works with digital and analog cameras. 87
NIC KELLER
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Fishermen In The mist
SWITZERLAND www.nic-keller.ch
Nic Keller is a fine art photographer from Switzerland. She practices photo manipulation as a complement to her profession in an educational institution. Nic Keller creates manipulated photos from many of her own photographs, which she then puts together to create a new picture, thus creating surreal images. She preferably designs her photos in black and white. When creating a photograph, she focuses on emotions and dreams. contrasts characterize the design of her pictures. In her compositions, there is often a flock of birds and clouds. They are used as symbols for emotions and dreams. These elements are complemented by the mostly small people depicted as silhouettes. Using photo manipulation Nic Keller uses the possibility to play creatively with the visual language, to communicate, and to connect her image of reality with the reality outside the camera. With her surreal photos, Nic Keller succeeds in creating an atmosphere and thus touching the viewer.
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It’s Time To Go
FREDERIC DEBILLY FRANCE
www.fredericdebilly.fr
Frederic Debilly is a professional landscape photographer based in Haute-Marne - France. Through processing and development, Frederic conveys his unique interpretation of the landscapes he photographs. He enjoys capturing the magic and the beauty of rural landscapes and representing the natural heritage of a country. He works with digital and analog cameras. 87
NIC KELLER
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Fishermen In The mist
SWITZERLAND www.nic-keller.ch
Nic Keller is a fine art photographer from Switzerland. She practices photo manipulation as a complement to her profession in an educational institution. Nic Keller creates manipulated photos from many of her own photographs, which she then puts together to create a new picture, thus creating surreal images. She preferably designs her photos in black and white. When creating a photograph, she focuses on emotions and dreams. contrasts characterize the design of her pictures. In her compositions, there is often a flock of birds and clouds. They are used as symbols for emotions and dreams. These elements are complemented by the mostly small people depicted as silhouettes. Using photo manipulation Nic Keller uses the possibility to play creatively with the visual language, to communicate, and to connect her image of reality with the reality outside the camera. With her surreal photos, Nic Keller succeeds in creating an atmosphere and thus touching the viewer.
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Versailles
HAJNALKA FARKAS SLOVAKIA
www.instagram.com/hajnalkafarkas.photo
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Hajnalka Farkas is an artist from Slovakia, with a background in Music and visual arts. While study Photography at KREA Design School in Budapest, Hungary, she was able to meet Gábor Gerhes, the Munkácsy-Award winner artist. Gerhes supported and helped to find the path that identifies her in the world of visual arts. In 2017 she pursued a photography course at Budapest Metropolitan University. While attending university Hajnalka participated in two exhibitions at MÜSZI and Mai Manó Cafe in Budapest, Hungary. Her passion for artistic photography is consistent, this is the genre with which she can express herself, at the same time, she always wants to make the viewer to think, to question things, to look behind the sight - just as simple than talk without words.
DANIEL BARBOSA
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Storm
CANADA
www.instagram.com/dbcre8tive
Toronto based Art Director, Photographer, Evolver Daniel Barbosa's artwork is guided by the simplistic contrast of black & white. Daniel is moved by the shapes, forms, and calmness he finds in city grids and landscapes that later translates into stories. Daniel's personal expression comes from his desire to constantly explore artistic ideas and design concepts. To capture these thoughts he always keeps a .4 mm black pen and sketchbook always in hand
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Versailles
HAJNALKA FARKAS SLOVAKIA
www.instagram.com/hajnalkafarkas.photo
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Hajnalka Farkas is an artist from Slovakia, with a background in Music and visual arts. While study Photography at KREA Design School in Budapest, Hungary, she was able to meet Gábor Gerhes, the Munkácsy-Award winner artist. Gerhes supported and helped to find the path that identifies her in the world of visual arts. In 2017 she pursued a photography course at Budapest Metropolitan University. While attending university Hajnalka participated in two exhibitions at MÜSZI and Mai Manó Cafe in Budapest, Hungary. Her passion for artistic photography is consistent, this is the genre with which she can express herself, at the same time, she always wants to make the viewer to think, to question things, to look behind the sight - just as simple than talk without words.
DANIEL BARBOSA
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Storm
CANADA
www.instagram.com/dbcre8tive
Toronto based Art Director, Photographer, Evolver Daniel Barbosa's artwork is guided by the simplistic contrast of black & white. Daniel is moved by the shapes, forms, and calmness he finds in city grids and landscapes that later translates into stories. Daniel's personal expression comes from his desire to constantly explore artistic ideas and design concepts. To capture these thoughts he always keeps a .4 mm black pen and sketchbook always in hand
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The Barriers Within
OSMAN ÖZKAN TURKEY
www.instagram.com/ozkanosmn
Osman Özkan is a Turkish artists who creates intriguing but fascinating paintings. Through skillful application of textures, the artist creates paintings that manifest the struggle we live in our current society. The artist desire to pass through the labyrinths in his brain and reach his free spirit and the excitement of a brand-new struggle. 91
ELENI GEMENI
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120x 100 Acrylic On Canvas
LUXEMBOURG
www.EleniGemeni.com
Eleni Gemeni is a digital artist and experimental photographer based in Luxembourg. Her abiding love for art and science is manifested in her artworks. Eleni dedicated her free time to explore the cosmos, time, life, nature, and everything in between. This is also the journey revealed in her art. Painting, collage, digital art, photography are her tools. Emotions, humor, drama, whimsy, mischief, surrealism, allegory, and visionary thinking are her ingredients for her creative artworks. For her digital art, she uses mixed techniques. It is a combination of her own photographs, drawings, paintings, sketches, and collages embellished and altered with brushes, textures, elements, and other vintage ephemera. Her creative journey continues also with her experimental photography, analog, instant, digital, and mobile. Photo-montage and experimental photo manipulation play a key role in her creative expression. Her post-processing and digital art techniques are exploratory and unconventional, making her art a visual journey that embraces the unexpected.
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The Barriers Within
OSMAN ÖZKAN TURKEY
www.instagram.com/ozkanosmn
Osman Özkan is a Turkish artists who creates intriguing but fascinating paintings. Through skillful application of textures, the artist creates paintings that manifest the struggle we live in our current society. The artist desire to pass through the labyrinths in his brain and reach his free spirit and the excitement of a brand-new struggle. 91
ELENI GEMENI
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120x 100 Acrylic On Canvas
LUXEMBOURG
www.EleniGemeni.com
Eleni Gemeni is a digital artist and experimental photographer based in Luxembourg. Her abiding love for art and science is manifested in her artworks. Eleni dedicated her free time to explore the cosmos, time, life, nature, and everything in between. This is also the journey revealed in her art. Painting, collage, digital art, photography are her tools. Emotions, humor, drama, whimsy, mischief, surrealism, allegory, and visionary thinking are her ingredients for her creative artworks. For her digital art, she uses mixed techniques. It is a combination of her own photographs, drawings, paintings, sketches, and collages embellished and altered with brushes, textures, elements, and other vintage ephemera. Her creative journey continues also with her experimental photography, analog, instant, digital, and mobile. Photo-montage and experimental photo manipulation play a key role in her creative expression. Her post-processing and digital art techniques are exploratory and unconventional, making her art a visual journey that embraces the unexpected.
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Overwhelmed
ORLANDO VALDOR CUBA
www.instagram.com/orlandovaldor.artist
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Originally from Cuba, Melbourne based artist Orlando Valdor explore the depiction of landscapes with an abstract-geometrical technique. Mixing light, perspective and color he provides a feeling of luminosity and genuine sense of atmosphere. With a unique geometric style and the use of striking colors, he simplifies, distorts, and exaggerates reality to give alternative meanings to his subjects. Dedicated to a greater understanding of nature and the human condition, Orlando’s practice is to use landscapes as vehicles to engage with the contemporary discourse of art. He’s driven by ideas related to philosophical themes and intrigue through the understanding of human nature. With concepts like introspection and retrospection, his artistic motivation is particularly concerned with transmitting messages about human needs, desires, emotions, motivations and self actualization. In his paintings the ethereal and the geometrical collapse, allowing space for them both to coexist. His depictions of inert spaces suggest we should examine ourselves if we seek to improve our human condition. His works endeavor to motivate the audience to explore their inner-selves in order to reach personal fulfillment.
BEA BLOUSSON
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Get Lost To Find Yourself
ARGENTINA
www.beablousson.com
Bea Blousson is an Argentine creative artist who speaks her mind on daily issues, the same that many of us face day by day. Her artworks show how powerful art can be - both dreamy and aspirational. The Argentine reality is very sad, with the recurring social, economic, and political crisis adding turbulence to our everyday lives. This work began at the end of 2017, following a dramatic change in the country's political and economic climate which created, once again, a deep sense of crisis and despair. As pessimistic news flooded our streets, it became impossible to open a newspaper without facing our harsh reality filled with corruption, impunity, poverty, inflation, and unemployment. "I tried to pour all my frustration, anger, and hopelessness into the images in this series. Argentina makes me sad, it hurts, and even though we don't see a way out, it is still the country I love.”
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Overwhelmed
ORLANDO VALDOR CUBA
www.instagram.com/orlandovaldor.artist
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Originally from Cuba, Melbourne based artist Orlando Valdor explore the depiction of landscapes with an abstract-geometrical technique. Mixing light, perspective and color he provides a feeling of luminosity and genuine sense of atmosphere. With a unique geometric style and the use of striking colors, he simplifies, distorts, and exaggerates reality to give alternative meanings to his subjects. Dedicated to a greater understanding of nature and the human condition, Orlando’s practice is to use landscapes as vehicles to engage with the contemporary discourse of art. He’s driven by ideas related to philosophical themes and intrigue through the understanding of human nature. With concepts like introspection and retrospection, his artistic motivation is particularly concerned with transmitting messages about human needs, desires, emotions, motivations and self actualization. In his paintings the ethereal and the geometrical collapse, allowing space for them both to coexist. His depictions of inert spaces suggest we should examine ourselves if we seek to improve our human condition. His works endeavor to motivate the audience to explore their inner-selves in order to reach personal fulfillment.
BEA BLOUSSON
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Get Lost To Find Yourself
ARGENTINA
www.beablousson.com
Bea Blousson is an Argentine creative artist who speaks her mind on daily issues, the same that many of us face day by day. Her artworks show how powerful art can be - both dreamy and aspirational. The Argentine reality is very sad, with the recurring social, economic, and political crisis adding turbulence to our everyday lives. This work began at the end of 2017, following a dramatic change in the country's political and economic climate which created, once again, a deep sense of crisis and despair. As pessimistic news flooded our streets, it became impossible to open a newspaper without facing our harsh reality filled with corruption, impunity, poverty, inflation, and unemployment. "I tried to pour all my frustration, anger, and hopelessness into the images in this series. Argentina makes me sad, it hurts, and even though we don't see a way out, it is still the country I love.”
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HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Love Yourself
JOANNA KUCIA POLAND
www.instagram.com/laboheme100
95
Joanna Kucia is a Polish surreal artist based in the UK. Through her works Joanna seeks to create moods, anecdotes, and universal symbols that move the viewer, encouraging reflection and positive emotions. Her creations are not only a window to another world but also a mirror of her dreams, fears, and experiences. Hence, the surreal world is very close to her heart. According to Robin Moore “Inside of each us is a natural storyteller just waiting to be released.” In her works, Joanna offers the recipient the beginning of a fairytale that can be elaborated on.
BELLA von EINSIEDEL
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
The Connexion
GERMANY
www.bellavoneinsiedel.de
Growing up in a small town in the former German Democratic Republic, Bella was always fascinated by the lives of other people. The dreary gray of prefabricated buildings and the frequent lack of funds were probably one of the reasons for the strong expression of her unique imagination, which is a distinguishing feature of her sometimes whimsical portraits today. In 2009 Bella discovered her passion for portrait photography and created her own photographic signature during the coming years. Her works show surreal worlds, some of them are fantastically and some a kind of bizarre. In 2012 she moved to the colorful city of Berlin and realized her dream of living as an artist. This was followed by commercial works for international musicians, authors, and journalists. Her works have received several international awards, including many gold, silver, and bronze medals. Live interviews, publications, and exhibitions of individual works followed. Since 2016 Bella is volunteering in the German foundation "Dein Sternenkind" and gives parents photos of their deceased children.
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HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Love Yourself
JOANNA KUCIA POLAND
www.instagram.com/laboheme100
95
Joanna Kucia is a Polish surreal artist based in the UK. Through her works Joanna seeks to create moods, anecdotes, and universal symbols that move the viewer, encouraging reflection and positive emotions. Her creations are not only a window to another world but also a mirror of her dreams, fears, and experiences. Hence, the surreal world is very close to her heart. According to Robin Moore “Inside of each us is a natural storyteller just waiting to be released.” In her works, Joanna offers the recipient the beginning of a fairytale that can be elaborated on.
BELLA von EINSIEDEL
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
The Connexion
GERMANY
www.bellavoneinsiedel.de
Growing up in a small town in the former German Democratic Republic, Bella was always fascinated by the lives of other people. The dreary gray of prefabricated buildings and the frequent lack of funds were probably one of the reasons for the strong expression of her unique imagination, which is a distinguishing feature of her sometimes whimsical portraits today. In 2009 Bella discovered her passion for portrait photography and created her own photographic signature during the coming years. Her works show surreal worlds, some of them are fantastically and some a kind of bizarre. In 2012 she moved to the colorful city of Berlin and realized her dream of living as an artist. This was followed by commercial works for international musicians, authors, and journalists. Her works have received several international awards, including many gold, silver, and bronze medals. Live interviews, publications, and exhibitions of individual works followed. Since 2016 Bella is volunteering in the German foundation "Dein Sternenkind" and gives parents photos of their deceased children.
96
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Clasp
CAIN SHIMIZU JAPAN
www.cainshimizu.com
97
Cain Shimizu is a black and white Landscape Photographer from Japan. Cain excels at capturing nature at a slow pace. His long exposures are carefully crafted and he has a unique passion for nature. Cain became interested in cameras when he was in high school. At that time, the goal was to shoot photographs of the "Blue Impulse" - an acrobatic flight team. After that, he didn't shoot for a while, but when he was in his 30's he started shooting again. In the beginning, he focuses mainly on capturing landscapes in color. Later in 2018, he started taking monochrome photographs. Cain was convinced that black and white would be more accurately represent the scenery he felt. Since then, he has been shooting mainly Japanese landscapes and streets and processing his views into the black and white world.
REV WU
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Foggy Morning
TAIWAN
www.instagram.com/rev_foto
Born in Taipei, Rev Wu is a Taiwanese photographer who’s best known for his creative portrait photography. In his works, he depicts the human body with a particular emphasis on form, composition, and the emotional qualities evoked by such photography. His creation allows him to flee temporarily from reality. Through creative expression, Rev can converge his "sadly event memories" into "something bigger and powerful." Using his camera, he is able to capture and explore the most unspeakable states in his mind.
98
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Clasp
CAIN SHIMIZU JAPAN
www.cainshimizu.com
97
Cain Shimizu is a black and white Landscape Photographer from Japan. Cain excels at capturing nature at a slow pace. His long exposures are carefully crafted and he has a unique passion for nature. Cain became interested in cameras when he was in high school. At that time, the goal was to shoot photographs of the "Blue Impulse" - an acrobatic flight team. After that, he didn't shoot for a while, but when he was in his 30's he started shooting again. In the beginning, he focuses mainly on capturing landscapes in color. Later in 2018, he started taking monochrome photographs. Cain was convinced that black and white would be more accurately represent the scenery he felt. Since then, he has been shooting mainly Japanese landscapes and streets and processing his views into the black and white world.
REV WU
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Foggy Morning
TAIWAN
www.instagram.com/rev_foto
Born in Taipei, Rev Wu is a Taiwanese photographer who’s best known for his creative portrait photography. In his works, he depicts the human body with a particular emphasis on form, composition, and the emotional qualities evoked by such photography. His creation allows him to flee temporarily from reality. Through creative expression, Rev can converge his "sadly event memories" into "something bigger and powerful." Using his camera, he is able to capture and explore the most unspeakable states in his mind.
98
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
LJUBICA DENKOVIC SERBIA
www.instagram.com/ljubicadenkovic
Ljubica Denkovic is a photographer from Serbia. In her work, she focuses on the effects that emotions have on us, especially emotions provoked by the digital era.
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To present this emotional process, Ljubica uses multiple layers of images, playing with human anatomy through postproduction, focusing on movement, and using two types of lighting. The dark background, from which the figures emerge, suggests intimacy, the personal life hidden from the public view. Complementary to it, the bright white light, similar to that in operating rooms, exposes the inner intimate life of our emotions to be dissected by others.
CAREY SCHNEIDER
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
One Bloor East
Untitled
UNITED STATES
www.careyschneider.com
Carey Schneider is a photographer based in southern California. His interests include landscape, abstract, architecture, street photography, along with images that have a more whimsical theme. Clean and accurate compositions are available throughout Carey's entire portfolio, making the streets of the world unveil their common thread among them. Not all cities are alike, but they all share aspects that are uncovered thanks to his lens. His image titled, “The Tarn Reeds”, received Highly Commended recognition in the 2016 USA Landscape Photographer of the Year contest.
100
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LJUBICA DENKOVIC SERBIA
www.instagram.com/ljubicadenkovic
Ljubica Denkovic is a photographer from Serbia. In her work, she focuses on the effects that emotions have on us, especially emotions provoked by the digital era.
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To present this emotional process, Ljubica uses multiple layers of images, playing with human anatomy through postproduction, focusing on movement, and using two types of lighting. The dark background, from which the figures emerge, suggests intimacy, the personal life hidden from the public view. Complementary to it, the bright white light, similar to that in operating rooms, exposes the inner intimate life of our emotions to be dissected by others.
CAREY SCHNEIDER
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
One Bloor East
Untitled
UNITED STATES
www.careyschneider.com
Carey Schneider is a photographer based in southern California. His interests include landscape, abstract, architecture, street photography, along with images that have a more whimsical theme. Clean and accurate compositions are available throughout Carey's entire portfolio, making the streets of the world unveil their common thread among them. Not all cities are alike, but they all share aspects that are uncovered thanks to his lens. His image titled, “The Tarn Reeds”, received Highly Commended recognition in the 2016 USA Landscape Photographer of the Year contest.
100
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
SARAH BERTAULT FRANCE
CONSTANZA SILVA ROSALES
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Internal Fire
Sacré-Cœur
CHILE
www.instagram.com/conysilvaross.ph
Based in France, Sarah Bertault is a self-taught digital Photographer. Her background in drawing influenced and helped her to achieve what she pursued until now.
101
Using digital manipulation Sarah makes us believe that magic can exist, that fantasy and reality can merge, and that we are only limited by our own imagination.
Constanza Silva Rosales is an artist from Santiago de Chile who explores the world of symbols, mythology, and dreams that bring to life images with a surrealist aesthetic. Her process is different with each image. Constanza's images often feature her in the frame, interacting with the environment in an imaginative way. Being the creator and the main character, Constanza investigates the subconscious and translates it into compositions that oscillate between the personal world and the collective unconscious, making the creativity of her work original.
102
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
SARAH BERTAULT FRANCE
CONSTANZA SILVA ROSALES
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Internal Fire
Sacré-Cœur
CHILE
www.instagram.com/conysilvaross.ph
Based in France, Sarah Bertault is a self-taught digital Photographer. Her background in drawing influenced and helped her to achieve what she pursued until now.
101
Using digital manipulation Sarah makes us believe that magic can exist, that fantasy and reality can merge, and that we are only limited by our own imagination.
Constanza Silva Rosales is an artist from Santiago de Chile who explores the world of symbols, mythology, and dreams that bring to life images with a surrealist aesthetic. Her process is different with each image. Constanza's images often feature her in the frame, interacting with the environment in an imaginative way. Being the creator and the main character, Constanza investigates the subconscious and translates it into compositions that oscillate between the personal world and the collective unconscious, making the creativity of her work original.
102
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Untitled
MALAK HAMDALLAH EGYPT
www.malakhamdallah4.myportfolio.com
Malak Hamdallah is an Egyptian photographer trying to explore the power of writing with light. She is interested in conceptual photography and trying different photography techniques to invite viewers to see from a different perspective. Notlandung was captured during an emergency landing in Munich, where a woman gave birth on the plane. 103
PEIJUN CAO
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Notlandung
CHINA
www.instagram.com/peijunfashion_art
Peijun Cao is a Chinese artist based in the UK. She has worked as a graphic designer, a fashion designer, and a portrait artist. Peijun uses a photographic image as her main background and then applies different techniques to achieve what her artistic mind sees. The use of repeated images such as eyes, clouds, and dandelion seeds, together with a predominantly black and white color scheme with minimal use of other colors, results in her unique and surreal artistic style.
104
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Untitled
MALAK HAMDALLAH EGYPT
www.malakhamdallah4.myportfolio.com
Malak Hamdallah is an Egyptian photographer trying to explore the power of writing with light. She is interested in conceptual photography and trying different photography techniques to invite viewers to see from a different perspective. Notlandung was captured during an emergency landing in Munich, where a woman gave birth on the plane. 103
PEIJUN CAO
HUNDRED • PHOTOGRAPHIZE ANNUAL BOOK BEST SELECTED VOL 01
Notlandung
CHINA
www.instagram.com/peijunfashion_art
Peijun Cao is a Chinese artist based in the UK. She has worked as a graphic designer, a fashion designer, and a portrait artist. Peijun uses a photographic image as her main background and then applies different techniques to achieve what her artistic mind sees. The use of repeated images such as eyes, clouds, and dandelion seeds, together with a predominantly black and white color scheme with minimal use of other colors, results in her unique and surreal artistic style.
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NAMES INDEX
A
F
K
AIR BARE - 58 HASAN ALSAFFAR - 43 OSKAR ALVARADO - 65 GIOVANNA ARYAFARA - 44 BEN ASHTON - 45
HAJNALKA FARKAS - 89 KATHRIN FEDERER- 67 CONSTANTA FERENTZ - 86 GEIR FLØDE - 81 ED FREEMAN - 17 THOMAS FRETEUR - 23 MAGDA FULGER - 85
NIC KELLER - 88 DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK - 38 NADINE KOUPAEI - 39 JOANNA KUCIA - 95 DINO KUŽNIK - 18
B MAHESH BALASUBRAMANIAN - 28 DANIEL BARBOSA - 90 ALVĪNE BAUTRA - 50 SARAH BERTAULT - 101 BEA BLOUSSON - 94 VINCENT BOURILHON - 25 ALEXANDER BRONFER - 69
G DANIEL GARAY ARANGO - 34 PACO GARZÓN - 30 ELENI GEMENI - 92 WAN-JIN GIM - 49 KATHLEEN GREENWOOD - 63 GUS - 59
C H PEIJUN CAO - 104 DANIEL CASTONGUAY - 61 LO CHAN PENG - 48 BENOIT COURTI - 33 D FREDERIC DEBILLY - 87 MARTIN DEE - 73 LJUBICA DENKOVIC - 99 ANNA DEVÍS and DANIEL RUEDA - 7 PIETRINO DI SEBASTIANO - 71 ANJA DIABATÉ - 41 MARTINA DIMUNOVA - 82 CARLA DLM - 21 HANS-MARTIN DÖLZ - 72 JONO DRY - 14 NICOLA DUCATI - 70
HASSAN HAJILA - 56 MALAK HAMDALLAH - 103 TOM HEGEN - 52 FELIX HERNANDEZ - 15 JOSE IGNACIO HERNÁNDEZ - 55 NATE HILL - 76 WILLIE HSU - 57 I HEINZ INNERHOFER - 75 VICTORIA IVANOVA - 54 J ERIK JOHANSSON - 9 ANA JUNKO - 64
L MICHEL LEROY - 32 MOISES LEVY - 12 ADAM LISTER - 46 ZIQIAN LIU - 36 URI and HELLE LØVEVILD GOLMAN - 16 M FADI MASRI ZADA - 80 ONDREJ MEDVED - 62 ARNAUD MONTAGARD - 24 ANGELO MUSCO - 13 N STÉPHANE NAVAILLES - 77 O FERNANDO O'FARRILL - 20 OSMAN ÖZKAN - 91 P JASON PETERSON - 51 PAULINE PETIT - 40 DAWID PLANETA - 37 BÁRA PRÁŠILOVÁ - 10 R DENNIS RAMOS - 27 OLIVIER ROBERT - 53 RENÉ ROESER - 60 ANTHONY RONDINONE - 47 ANJA RÖSGEN - 42
S AIDAN SARTIN CONTE - 22 CAREY SCHNEIDER - 100 NUNO SERRÃO - 68 CAIN SHIMIZU - 97 CONSTANZA SILVA ROSALES - 102 LEIF STEINER - 29 MARTIN STRANKA - 19 MARIUS SURLEAC - 79 T LUCA D. TAUKERT - 83 BEN THOMAS - 8 ANDREA TORRES BALAGUER - 9 TRAN TUAN VIET - 35 V ORLANDO VALDOR - 93 OLIVIER VALSECCHI - 11 ZAK van BILJON - 74 VANDECAMP & HEESTERBEEK - 31 CHARLOTTE van DRIEL - 84 BELLA von EINSIEDEL - 96 W LEE WHITEHEAD - 78 HEIKE WILLERS - 66 GEMMY WOUD -BINNENDIJK - 8 REV WU - 98 Z MAX ZORN - 26
NAMES INDEX
A
F
K
AIR BARE - 58 HASAN ALSAFFAR - 43 OSKAR ALVARADO - 65 GIOVANNA ARYAFARA - 44 BEN ASHTON - 45
HAJNALKA FARKAS - 89 KATHRIN FEDERER- 67 CONSTANTA FERENTZ - 86 GEIR FLØDE - 81 ED FREEMAN - 17 THOMAS FRETEUR - 23 MAGDA FULGER - 85
NIC KELLER - 88 DARIUSZ KLIMCZAK - 38 NADINE KOUPAEI - 39 JOANNA KUCIA - 95 DINO KUŽNIK - 18
B MAHESH BALASUBRAMANIAN - 28 DANIEL BARBOSA - 90 ALVĪNE BAUTRA - 50 SARAH BERTAULT - 101 BEA BLOUSSON - 94 VINCENT BOURILHON - 25 ALEXANDER BRONFER - 69
G DANIEL GARAY ARANGO - 34 PACO GARZÓN - 30 ELENI GEMENI - 92 WAN-JIN GIM - 49 KATHLEEN GREENWOOD - 63 GUS - 59
C H PEIJUN CAO - 104 DANIEL CASTONGUAY - 61 LO CHAN PENG - 48 BENOIT COURTI - 33 D FREDERIC DEBILLY - 87 MARTIN DEE - 73 LJUBICA DENKOVIC - 99 ANNA DEVÍS and DANIEL RUEDA - 7 PIETRINO DI SEBASTIANO - 71 ANJA DIABATÉ - 41 MARTINA DIMUNOVA - 82 CARLA DLM - 21 HANS-MARTIN DÖLZ - 72 JONO DRY - 14 NICOLA DUCATI - 70
HASSAN HAJILA - 56 MALAK HAMDALLAH - 103 TOM HEGEN - 52 FELIX HERNANDEZ - 15 JOSE IGNACIO HERNÁNDEZ - 55 NATE HILL - 76 WILLIE HSU - 57 I HEINZ INNERHOFER - 75 VICTORIA IVANOVA - 54 J ERIK JOHANSSON - 9 ANA JUNKO - 64
L MICHEL LEROY - 32 MOISES LEVY - 12 ADAM LISTER - 46 ZIQIAN LIU - 36 URI and HELLE LØVEVILD GOLMAN - 16 M FADI MASRI ZADA - 80 ONDREJ MEDVED - 62 ARNAUD MONTAGARD - 24 ANGELO MUSCO - 13 N STÉPHANE NAVAILLES - 77 O FERNANDO O'FARRILL - 20 OSMAN ÖZKAN - 91 P JASON PETERSON - 51 PAULINE PETIT - 40 DAWID PLANETA - 37 BÁRA PRÁŠILOVÁ - 10 R DENNIS RAMOS - 27 OLIVIER ROBERT - 53 RENÉ ROESER - 60 ANTHONY RONDINONE - 47 ANJA RÖSGEN - 42
S AIDAN SARTIN CONTE - 22 CAREY SCHNEIDER - 100 NUNO SERRÃO - 68 CAIN SHIMIZU - 97 CONSTANZA SILVA ROSALES - 102 LEIF STEINER - 29 MARTIN STRANKA - 19 MARIUS SURLEAC - 79 T LUCA D. TAUKERT - 83 BEN THOMAS - 8 ANDREA TORRES BALAGUER - 9 TRAN TUAN VIET - 35 V ORLANDO VALDOR - 93 OLIVIER VALSECCHI - 11 ZAK van BILJON - 74 VANDECAMP & HEESTERBEEK - 31 CHARLOTTE van DRIEL - 84 BELLA von EINSIEDEL - 96 W LEE WHITEHEAD - 78 HEIKE WILLERS - 66 GEMMY WOUD -BINNENDIJK - 8 REV WU - 98 Z MAX ZORN - 26