Honorable Mention / 2024 / Fine Art / Abstract

• Photographer
  Petr Vapenik, Czech Republic
• Website
  https://www.petrvapenik.eu
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/petr.vapenik/

The photo was taken during the last moments before sunset using the ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) technique. During a few seconds of exposure, I made movements with the camera to use the last evening sun rays to create a shape of simplified heart in the final photo. The more detailed structure of the light lines in the resulting image is done by the view through the garden bush.

I´m a self-taugh photographer originally from the Pilsen region (West of the Czech Republic), now living in Dobrichovice near Prague. I have been involved in photography since childhood, first only with B&W and home-made photos, later with color and infrared pictures. I have been exhibiting publicly since 2013. I try to make visible what is often not seen at first glance, so called “pictures from behind-the-light”. In the last three years, my photographs have been shown at joint international exhibitions and in foreign photographic magazines.

Awards - 1st Price and Gold Star Award, ND Awards 2022
- Silver Winner, Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2022
- Gold Award a Gallery Award, San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards 2020
- Gold Winner + Honorable Mentions, European Photography Awards 2022
- Silver Winner, New York Photography Awards 2022
- Honorable Mentions, Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020, 2021, 2022
- Honorable Mentions, The Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2021, 2022
- Honorable Mention, Monochrome Awards 2021
- Honorable Mentions, Moscow International Foto Awards 2022
- Honorable Mentions, New York Photography Awards 2022
- Honorable Mentions, ND Awards 2022