/ 2025 / Fine Art / Abstract

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  illi Jung Piccato, Brazil
• Date of Photograph
  January 28, 2025
• Website
  https://www.illipiccato.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/illijungpiccato/

Wandering through the garden of the Church of São Francisco de Assisi in Ouro Preto, Brazil, a place where colonial history breathes, I found myself captivated. This series, Echoes of the Choir, emerged from that encounter. Gazing up at the brilliant Brazilian sky, the shifting white clouds seemed to arrange themselves like an ethereal chorus, a silent accompaniment to the enduring stone of the church. What this series explores is the profound symmetry between this spiritual architecture and nature.

lli Jung Piccato is a South Korean fine-art photographer and visual artist currently based in Brazil. Her work explores the delicate interconnections between humanity and the environment. Utilizing image mirroring, superimposition, and collages, she crafts reveal hidden messages in nature. Moving beyond mere documentation, her practice invites viewers to pause and reflect on our relationship with the earth that sustains us. Her recent photo series received Honorable Mentions at the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) in 2024 and 2025.

Awards 2025/PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris/Fine Art/Abstract
Honorable Mention
2024/PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris/Fine Art/Landscape
Honorable Mention