“Blue, Sky, Brown Earth, Green Leaves” is an overlay of chipped green paint and a rusted sheet of iron. Color, light, and manipulation were used to more fully express the ephemeral and protean nature of the elements within the image, and by reference, the ephemeral and protean nature of all things.
Sam Rittenberg lives and works in New York City and the Dominican Republic. His primary interest is in a photograph's power to convey the infinite and paradoxical nature of being. He is guided by the idea that every picture has the potential to be a portal to that which is ordinarily beyond us.
Awards 61 selections across 13 juried international competitions, including the Annual Photography Awards, Budapest International Photo Awards, Chromatic Awards, Fine Art Photography Awards, International Photo Awards, Neutral Density Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Refocus Awards – World Photo Annual, Refocus Awards – Color Photography, and the Tokyo International Foto Awards.