"Reflections" 2023 THEME WINNERS
From endless materials and objects around us, glass water, rivers or drifting tides reflections have long been a wonderful part of many magnificent images in photography. What really seems to set them apart always seems to be a step away from the traditional rules as though them seem to take on a personal introspective perspective while being framed up.
Reflexion of a Muse BY Patrizia Burra
Our First Place Winner was submitted by
Patrizia Burra from Udine, Italy
Patrizia Burra from Udine, Italy
I am a painter and photographer. Painting gives a lot of energy, but it doesn't allows you to catch the moment. This is one of the main factor that lead me to the conclusion that I could not be a painter only. My goal, as photographer, is to translate my more wild, passionate and restless vision into an image. "With photography we try to reproduce the world. But the world is much more interesting when it becomes a work of art".
I think that photography and the images we create, are the realities transformed into dreams. Our life needs imagination, emotions, an inner impulse that leads us to create. I work every day and many hours a day. This is my way of venting, a road that may be open to everything. And it is in that way that I feel free to create. Here wonderful things can happen. Here, in this fantasy world, my creatures come to life by participating in my dreams.
Visit more of Patrizia's amazing work online at:
www.patriziaburra.com
I think that photography and the images we create, are the realities transformed into dreams. Our life needs imagination, emotions, an inner impulse that leads us to create. I work every day and many hours a day. This is my way of venting, a road that may be open to everything. And it is in that way that I feel free to create. Here wonderful things can happen. Here, in this fantasy world, my creatures come to life by participating in my dreams.
Visit more of Patrizia's amazing work online at:
www.patriziaburra.com
Splash! BY Judith Kuhn
Our Second Place Winner was submitted by
Judith Kuhn from Immenstaad, Germany
I would like to call myself an “ambitious amateur photographer”. My main focus is nature and landscape photography, but I also like to make detours to other genres.
Everything I know about photography is self-educated. A few books here, some internet research there, inspiration from the works of other photographers and a lot, really a lot of trying things out has brought me to where I am today.
My great happiness is my home on beautiful Lake Constance, where I have a lot of photo spots right on my doorstep and the way to the Austrian, Swiss and Italian Alps is not too far. I also love to travel to more exotic destinations on my vacation, with the north being particularly appealing to me.
Visit more of Judiths amazing work online at:
www.dreamscape-pictures.de
Judith Kuhn from Immenstaad, Germany
I would like to call myself an “ambitious amateur photographer”. My main focus is nature and landscape photography, but I also like to make detours to other genres.
Everything I know about photography is self-educated. A few books here, some internet research there, inspiration from the works of other photographers and a lot, really a lot of trying things out has brought me to where I am today.
My great happiness is my home on beautiful Lake Constance, where I have a lot of photo spots right on my doorstep and the way to the Austrian, Swiss and Italian Alps is not too far. I also love to travel to more exotic destinations on my vacation, with the north being particularly appealing to me.
Visit more of Judiths amazing work online at:
www.dreamscape-pictures.de
Shirakawako by Kohei Shingai
Our Third Place Winner was submitted by
Kohei Shingai from Kashiwazaki, Japan
Kohei Shingai from Kashiwazaki, Japan
Hi, My name is Kohei Shingai.
Based in Niigata, Japan. I am conscious of creating works that are like paintings.
Visit more of Kohei 's amazing work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/borography_/
Based in Niigata, Japan. I am conscious of creating works that are like paintings.
Visit more of Kohei 's amazing work online at:
https://www.instagram.com/borography_/
Mirror, Mirror by Dan Mitler
Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by
Dan Mitler from Missouri, USA
Dan spends most of his days working in the field of sustainability, which can sometimes feel like swimming against the ingrained current of generations of doing things a certain way. He finds time spent in nature to be an invigorating reminder of our interconnection and photography to be an endless source of inspiration and challenge. It brings him great joy to be able to share his passion with others through his camera. He invites you to check out his other works on his website and he hopes to see you out on the trail!
Visit more of Dan's amazing work online at:
https://www.wildlandsphoto.com
Dan Mitler from Missouri, USA
Dan spends most of his days working in the field of sustainability, which can sometimes feel like swimming against the ingrained current of generations of doing things a certain way. He finds time spent in nature to be an invigorating reminder of our interconnection and photography to be an endless source of inspiration and challenge. It brings him great joy to be able to share his passion with others through his camera. He invites you to check out his other works on his website and he hopes to see you out on the trail!
Visit more of Dan's amazing work online at:
https://www.wildlandsphoto.com
Theme Shortlist
Below are the amazing images that shortlisted into the top tier of this themes competition. A big congratulations to all the talented photographers that participated!
