EDITORS’ PICK
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Colors Editors’ Pick
Following Damarice Amao’s selection of winning images for our recent Colors competition, this compilation of 20 images represents some of the other talented photographers whose work struck us and left a mark. Each a stunning image worthy of exposure and attention…
When selecting for editor’s picks we’re always searching for those striking photographs that make for an unforgettable single image, whether from a broader series or not. We enjoy the accompanying text some photographers submit with their images, and while not always necessary it can be relevant when understanding the work in full context.
These are intended to be a conversation starter… so feel free to join the discussion on our social networks.
BANNER IMAGE COURTESY OF STELLA KONTAROUDA
www.macrocosm.gr / @stellakontarouda
“Prism. A drop of water on a sunflower petal inverts its background and deflects rays of light in this macro picture taken indoors in Athens, Greece.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF OLE BRODERSEN
www.olebrodersen.com / @olebrodersen
“From the series Time by the Sea. Walter Benjamin claimed that photography was in a special position when it came to reproducing the original and authentic. The photograph could, in fact, “by means of methods such as magnification or fast exposure, retain images which simply evade natural optics.” The ability to see the invisible through photographic technology has resulted in a unique interplay between human and mechanical optics – an interplay dominating several scientific fields.
Time is abstract and – in itself – not something one can see. I point the camera at nature and lets the forces of nature appear, through shifting horizon lines, overlapping cloud formations and layered wave patterns. Through long exposures, or by gathering several exposures from the same subject in one image, the time and movements that activate the landscape are fixed in my photographic work. The intention is to convey an experience of being somewhere, and sense what surrounds one. To approach this, I give up some of the control over the final result.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF MAUDE BARDET
www.maudebardet.com / @puuuuuuuuce
“Woman in a temple in Janakpur, 2022.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF KEVIN RABUCK
www.rabuckphotography.com / @peakbagginbaby
“We began our fascination with discovering the beauty of our planet through a photographic lens during the pandemic. The isolation was swallowing us up and in many ways these photos brought color and inspiration into our lives. Knowing we live amongst an artist as creative and powerful as mother nature is comforting.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF ARECA ROE
www.arecaroe.com / @arecaroe
“From the series Natural History. The Flowers. Our experience of nature has been tamed and simplified, and also increasingly mediated by man-made objects that serve to create barriers between ourselves and our experiences of the world. In this series I am exploring our desire to connect with the natural world, to return to wildness, and imagining how that might manifest itself in our lives.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF WILLIAM MARK SOMMER
www.williammarksommer.com / @williammarksommer
“The endless sunset cascades across the land, basking everything in a yellow shine, as I make my way back home. California has been my home for 32 years and through that time I have collected many photographs that convey the everyday beauty of Golden hour in the Golden State.
Home can be found in many places from the donut shop to the house you live in; as a child I felt at home here. I remember being amazed by all the donuts in the case, all the color and sizes, I would always go for the biggest one to try and get away with having one the size of two. These memories keep me coming back after all these years to have a tasty treat of home.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF MILENA VILLALON
www.milesdealmas.com / @milesdealmas
“Inspired by the memoir “Out of Egypt” by André Aciman, this series aims to show glimpses of a subjective reality of the city of Alexandria. The photographs were taken under the spell of its reading, a city I knew very little about and in which I soaked up, inadvertently looking for signs of hope and nostalgia, in a city full of contrasts and hidden stories. I was looking for brother-in-law Vili, the princess and the saint, Aunt Flora and the German refugee. For those who leave and return. The Corniche as a place of hope, of pause in the midst of noise and disorder. A decadent Alexandria, full of life and chaos, an unknown city that seems like you’ve already lived it.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF SURESH NAGANATHAN
www.sureshn.com / @sureshnaganathan
“Chitra Purnima, 2022. A ritual at a Hindu festival celebrated by the Tamil community.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF FRANCK TREMBLAY
www.francktremblay.photodeck.com / @francktremblay
“Vert Boucherie from the series Portrait de Façades.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF ALLEGRA RUMBOUGH
www.allegrahutton.com / @allegrahutton
“The Cao Dai Temple is one of my favorite places I’ve photographed. The Cao Dai religion is a mix of Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, Confucianism, and Islam combined–a blend of religions that reminds us that we are all fare more alike than we are different.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF KELLY-ANN BOBB
www.kellyannbobb.com / @kellyannbobb_photography
“Musings of Boscoe.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF ALESSION PELLICORO
www.alessiopellicoro.com / @a_pellicoro
“Iancura, a dialect word of the culture of the Aeolian Islands (Sicily, Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy) means “whiteness”. It indicates that state in which the calm sea seems to merge with the sky, transforming the horizon into a shade of light blue. In this case “iancura” represents a state of mind of grace, calm and serenity. A condition of pure naturalness and union with what surrounds me, the landscape becomes part of me and the other way. This series encloses the colors of the land that I was lucky enough to know and savor with my eyes, in contrast to the whiteness that the word “iancura” figuratively means. An explosion of thousands hues that emerge from the rocks in contact with the Aeolian sun.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF DENNIS ZELAYA
@deninho88
“A Buddhist monk sits near the entrance of a temple in Thailand.”
IMAGE COURTESY OF ANGUS BEGG
www.angusbegg.com / @african_storybook
“This is a series from Lesotho, the land-locked ‘mountain kingdom’ of southern Africa. A colonial creation of Queen Victoria’s British Empire, it was first known as Basutoland, a reference to where the people of the Basuto tribes lived. Encircled by South Africa, it is in most rural parts a medieval country, rooted deeply in its culture and traditions.
Blankets made from the wool of Lesotho’s prized angora goats are iconic of Lesotho – worn by everyone to keep warm in this mostly high altitude country. Each region is identified by its own colour blankets. The Basuto are also famous for their attachment to sure-footed Basuto ponies.
These images were shot in late winter, with everything brown and earthy in colour. I found the colours were elevated in such surroundings, even the blacks and whites. As are the monotone earth tones of grass, rocks, sheep and a shepherd. I include the endemic succulent, the spiral aloe, a subtle splash of green in and amongst the greys and browns.”
