/ 2025 / Fine Art / Collage

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Sara Victoria Sandberg, Sweden
• Website
  http://www.saravictoriasandberg.com
• Instagram
  @saravictoriasandberg

"Migrants of the Seven Seas" is meant to be a whimsical yet poignant imagery of the journey of migration both for people and animals through the lens of fantasy. Set adrift at sea, a crew of penguins from the Chilean habitat of Isla Magdalena embark on a voyage aboard a vessel filled with their belongings for the long journey. The lighthouse is a symbol of hope. Echoes of the Chilean flag’s red, white, and blue is depicted through the composition reflecting the cultural roots of the animals while underscoring the impact of climate change on wildlife forcing them to search for a new habitat.

Sara Victoria Sandberg is a photo composite artist based in Stockholm. Sara has always had a great love for the arts and has pursued the medium of watercolors for many years. Sara developed her skills in digital photo artistry through attending various courses and has developed a personal style in her work where she combines photography and digital painting with her artistic vision. She works with light and shadow to mold the scene she visualizes into a finished piece adopting a combination of photo-realism and painterly style.

Awards Special Merit Award for "The Explorers" in the "Open" Art Exhibition in the category Photography and Digital Media, August 2021, of LightSpaceTime Online Art Gallery

Certificate of Artistic Excellence awarded in the CFA Online Art Contest for exhibition within the World Wide Art booth at Spectrum Brooklyn, NY art fair, July 2021

Gold winner “Reflections” and “Portfolio Fine Art”, non-professional, category collage, Moscow International Foto Awards, 2021

Winner of the 2021 Portfolio Contest of More Art Please - Fine Art Gallery

2nd place single image “Fallen Light” and honourable mention for series, 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award of The WorldWide Photography Gala Awards, non-professional, category digital manipulation and collage

18th Solo Art Exhibition of Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST)