song of light

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Jaeho Bae, Korea, Republic of
• Website
  https://bae.artspoon.io/ko
• Instagram
  @baejaeho79

Water is a concert hall filled with harmonies of infinite variations, and its surface is a musical score containing nature’s melodies.
When light meets water, it plays unforeseen abstract music on a violin called time.
Just as Impressionist composers painted pictures of listening with their ears through music, I felt as though I could capture the music I saw with my eyes.
The beauty of its endless variations, the fluid dance of light, and the rhythm of clear, transparent water harmonized with one another.
It was abstract music—alive with the wind, vibrating with unexpected joy.

The camera is both a friend and a teacher, guiding me to discover the hidden beauty of my soul and the world. I explore my inner self and the essence of natural phenomena through nature’s abstraction.
My photo is a canvas where wind and water paint fleeting pictures of light with the brush of time and space. It is the expression of my soul’s deepest thoughts and emotions. Light is a gift, and I simply capture it with gratitude.
For me, photography is not about using fancy technology to manipulate a subject but about embracing it with all my heart. It is about bringing joy to what I capture.

Awards 2025 Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3), Honorable Mention – Abstract, FR
2025 International Photography Awards (IPA), Honorable Mention – Abstract & Minimal, USA
2025 Monovisions Photography Awards, Honorable Mention – Abstract, UK
2025 Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA), Nominee – Abstract, UK
2024 ND Photography Awards, Honorable Mention – Abstract, Europe