2025. France. Normandie. Rade d'Antifer.
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PrizeHonorable Mention
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PhotographerAntoine Leven, France
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Date of PhotographJune 2025
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The Antifer harbor, is an oil terminal for supertankers whose construction began following the closure of the Suez Canal during the Six-Day War and was completed eight years later when the canal was reopened. The blurred aspect of the image is caused both by the falling rain and the grain roughness of the Minox lens. It gives the image an unsettling, out-of-time, ambiguous feeling.
After 35 years as an amateur, I've decided to join the professional photography world. After a long spell doing mostly travel photography, for the past 6 years I focused on analog-based landscape photography. This practice was an introspective quest aimed at reconnecting with myself and exploring my emotions. I am currently completing a creative documentary course with Spéos Photography School and Magnum Photos in Paris. My main interest is to document climate change and the energy transition. I will pursue landscape as a purely creative endeavour.
Awards - International Photography Award, Los Angeles, USA. Honorable Mentions in the categories of film/architecture and film/fine art (August 2025)
- Independent Image & Art Space, Chongqing, China. Two images of “La Grande Casse” series selected for a 1-month exhibition on the theme of “Natural Wonders”(March 2025).
- Athens 3rd B&W festival, Athens, Greece. One image selected in the analog category (February 2025).
- Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ, USA. One image selected from the “Sky Diaries (V) - Puy de Sancy” series for an exhibition on the theme “The Square” (January 2025).
- The Nat Photo Society "Architecture" competition, Los Angeles, USA. 1 Honorable Mention Award and 2 Finalist Awards, (February 2025).
- The Nat Photo Society "Reflection" competition, Los Angeles, USA. 1 Honorable Mention Award (January 2025).
- The Motif Collective "Minimalism" competition, USA. 1 image in the theme shortlist (December 2024).