Bioluminescent

• Prize
  Silver in Nature/Flowers
• Photographer
  Luca Menotti, Italy
• Website
  https://lucamenotti.myportfolio.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/menotti_luca/

These photos are an excerpt from a larger series I'm doing to bring out the shapes nature creates in flowers. All photos were taken in my garden with a macro lens. Inspired by movies 'Journey to the center of the earth' and 'Avatar', with a post-production the flowers have become similar to bioluminescent plants.

I am a naval architect and marine engineer with a passion for gardens and nature.
My love for plants and flowers led me into the world of photography, I still continue to take photos of my garden.
In addition to capturing nature and landscape scenes, perhaps because I am an engineer, I am also interested in the geometries I find everywhere. In my work, I especially like to experiment by mixing various photographic and artistic techniques or create new ones.

Awards 2025 Monochrome Photography Awards: Honorable mention in Architecture
2025 TIFA: Silver in Fine Art-Special Effects, Bronze in Nature-Flowers
2024 Chromatic Photo Awards: 1st Place in Still Life
2024 BIFA: Gold in Nature-Flowers, Bronze in Architecture-Buildings, Honorable Mention in Fine Art-Special Effects
2024 ND Awards: 3rd Place in Fine Art-Other, Honorable Mention in Special-Open Theme
2024 IGPOTY 18 - Square Crop: Finalist
2024 Minimalist Photography Awards: Honorable Mention in Architecture
2024 PX3: Silver in Nature/Flowers
2024 Monovisions Awards: Fine Art Honorable Mention-Series
2024 URBAN Photo Awards 2024 - Single Photos Streets and Spaces Section: Selected
2024 Fine Art Photography Awards 10th Edition: Nature and Open Theme Nominee
2024 London Photography Awards: Gold in Fine Art Photography - Nature, Honorable Mentions in Fine Art Photography - Nature and Still Life
2023 The Motif Collective DEC 2023 'Minimalism': Finalist
2023 Scats Cjanalots, VAL PESARINA Section: Finalist
2023 Scats Cjanalots, FVG Section: Finalist
2023 URBAN Photo Awards 2023 - Single Photos Creative Section: Selected
2022 Scats Cjanalots, FVG Section: Finalist

Exhibitions:
2024 Botanical, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Lee Anne White, juror, my photo "Rosehips" has been selected for the cover of the exhibition catalogue
2023 Mythography III: Diana, Minerva and Ceres, Trieste, Italy, my photo 'Transhumance' has been selected for the exhibition of the project.