Honorable Mention / 2023 / Fine Art / Landscape
Stay grounded
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Photographer
Marc Apers, Belgium
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Website
Photo taken in the Fanal Forest in Madeira during my last holiday, it was on a foggy,wet and cold day but that's exactly what makes the image kind of mysterious, the freakish tree contrasting with the figure making its way in this rocky weather sets the right atmosphere here reinforced by a strong black and white toning
Freelance photographer, always looking for typical subjects with an emphasis on shapes and structures, light and dark, sun and shade. My images emerge from deep human contacts and a continious intensive look at the dynamic environment. I decide which environment i choose, how i experience it and which emotion will be reflected in the image in question. Inevitably i manipulate the complexity of the environment/emotion to a greater or lesser extent by among other things, sketching a strong geometric framework and maintaining a well-considered symmetry. Combining emotion and story in one image is
Awards 2019 Rank Art Salon/Exposition d’Art en Ligne , “Noir &Blanc, 3e prix du jury
2019 Winner Photocontest Canon – PhotoDays , Brussels, selected print : Soccer at sunset
2019 Lens op de Mens, International Photo Festival Overpelt, Bronze Award
2020 SGIPA, Shatto Gallery, LA, Golden Winner with "Girl in Front"
2020 NYC4PA, New York, second place winner in B&W2020 "Master of Ceremonies"
2020 3SA Gold Award, 3 Square-Art, Northern Colorada, "The Intruder"
2021 Lens op de mens, International Photo Festival Pelt Silver Award
2022 Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze with portfolio "White Versus Black"
2022 The Motif Collective Minimalism Photography Competition, First Place Winner
2022 Refocus Awards - Bronze - Black & White Contest
2023 BIFA Budapest Foto Awards, Bronze in Special/Street
2024 Fine Art Photography Awards Nomination in Amateur Fine Art category