/ 2026 / Fine Art / Portraiture

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Sandra De Swart, Netherlands
• Date of Photograph
  15-11-2025
• Studio
  De Swart Fotografie
• Website
  https://www.deswartfotografie.nl

Those who are gentle with the small become great in meaning.
In quiet attention, trust blossoms,
and what we give with love always returns to us in a different form.
Those who listen to nature ultimately hear themselves.

Sandra de Swart is a professional photographer from the Netherlands with a deep passion for fine art photography. She primarily creates portraits of people and dogs, inspired by the style of the Old Masters. Her images resemble timeless paintings, rich in atmosphere, emotion, and refinement. Self-taught in Photoshop, she developed her own visual language through years of experimentation, observation, and sensing. Her work captures not only the visible but, more importantly, the tangible.

Awards Bronze and honorable mention at PX3 2025