The Lilies Pond

• Prize
  Gold in Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced
• Photographer
  Alma Bibolotti, Italy
• Website
  https://almabibolotti.wixsite.com/photoshoot
• Instagram
  @alma_bibolotti

Inspired by the observation of the ephemeral treasures of nature and fascinated by Monet’s Nymphéas, the water lily ponds are to me a world of secret alchemies: light carves natural elements, transforming them into metaphors of a liminal zone. Because of reflections, the surface becomes a flow-shaping curve in a blue dance. I have tried to express my emotional relationship with this world, characterised by a sort of rarefaction and nostalgia, as in a dream. I have used soft and cold colours and blurred shapes to emphasise the dreamy and ethereal aura of leaves and flowers.

After graduating in Foreign languages, I moved to France where I lived for 6 years, between Paris and Nice. Photography became my way to express emotions, an inner and vital journey. Beyond technical aspects, I like challenging the rules to highlight forms and textures. Much of my work focuses on the language of nature: in its less 'visible' aspects I look for subjects to create something that resonates emotionally. I think that simple elements can sometimes evoke parallel worlds, opening gateways to an unconscious dimension so that the space explored outside can make 'visible' my inner gaze.

Awards 2024 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Bronze EDITORIAL – ENVIRONMENT series 'Dissolving Beauty'

2024 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Honourable Mention EDITORIAL – ENVIRONMENT series 'Xylella Ballad'

2024 Budapest International Foto Awards | Gold EDITORIAL – ENVIRONMENT series 'Dissolving Beauty

2024 Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) | Gold NATURE – WATER series 'Maredentro'

2024 Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) | Bronze NATURE – OTHER series 'Dissolving Beauty'

2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Bronze EDITORIAL – ENVIRONMENT, series 'The Waste Land'

2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Honourable Mention FINE ART – LANDSCAPE, series 'Maredentroì

2023 ND Photography Awards | Honourable Mention WATERSCAPES, series 'Maredentro'

2023 Urban Photo Awards /Matrix4design | Finalist ‘Icons of Architecture’, SM/ART/CHITECTURE

2023 Fine Art Photography Awards | Nominee SEASCAPE series 'Maredentro'

2022 Garden Photographer of the Year (London Royal Kew Gardens) | Highly commended, Precious

2022 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Bronze SCIENCE – ENVIRONMENT, series 'The Fragile Face'

2022 Budapest International Foto Awards | Honourable Mention FINE ART-LANDSCAPE, series 'Maredentro'

2022 ND Photography Awards | Honourable Mention WATERSCAPES, series 'Water Haiku'

2022 Urban Photo Awards | Finalist Spaces/New Buildings, single photo 'The Curve'
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2021 ND Photography Awards | Honourable Mention CONCEPTUAL, series 'Liquid entropy'

2021 Transversalidades - Fotografia sem Fronteiras | Honourable Mention, theme Natural heritage, landscapes and biodiversity, series 'Arborum sudaria'

2021 Wipplay, Mon environnement de travail (in association with Usimages) | Jury award winner

2021 Better Photography magazine, Urban Patterns | Honourable Mention

2019 Garden Photographer of the Year (London Royal Kew Gardens) | Finalist

2018 Wipplay | Jury third prize (experts Jean-Joseph Renucci and Alessandro Zuffi)