Brittle_Marble

• Prize
• Photographer
  Olga Gubanova, Russian Federation

It was shot from the top of the hill when the Baltic sea and the lake were still frozen.
The ice there is like the rare marble. It is coloured by the foliage from a continent, it
reflects the skies. It is almost never white there. That is why people in spite of severe
weather - the second hill with trees saves the valley and its palaces from the west winter
wind - visit the place in winter and spring. It is like viewing cherry blossoms in the
rest of the world. It is possible to find colours in the place and time when it is almost
impossible to cope with sadness and grey.

• Awards
  In 2013 Olga was chosen as a finalist of 33rd Annual Spring Photography Contest presented by Photographer’s Forum Magazine, USA. In autumn 2013 Olga's photograph Écru №16 was included in III Biennale of Contemporary Photography in The State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg. PUBLICATIONS The book “Best of Photography 2013”, USA, 2013 Magazine: PhotoVOGUE.it, Italy, 2012, 2013, 2014 Magazine: pfmagazine.com, USA, 2013 Saint Petersburg Photographer Magazine, Russia, 2014, author, writer