AAP Magazine #33 - Nature 2023
Nature
Announcing Winners and Merit Awards
Winner's Gallery
Thomas Vijayan
Untitled
First Place winner
$500 Cash Prize
Canada
Teri Figliuzzi
Duet
Archival pigment print on vellum, created from an original phytogram on film using a plant based developer, backed with silver leaf, finished with archival varnish and cold wax. 2022.
Second Place Winner
$300 Cash Prize
United States
Duet
Christina McFaul
Unfurling
The earth is dreaming through us, but we must awake to it. In the dark primordial waters, we are born of the same matter as our solar system, the stars and the earth. The sound of water rushes over rocks downstream like a lullaby, a palm frond waves without a single gust of wind, bird song carries me on its wings. I find sanctuary in wild places that live and breathe here and now – within and without. Discovering the magic and mystery of the wild, a reminder that we too are wild.
Third Place Winner
$200 Cash Prize
United States
Unfurling
Merit Award's Gallery
Diana Bloomfield
Magnolia 2023
Tri-color gum bichromate print, hand-printed on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag. Limited Edition 1/3
9x12 inches
Diana Bloomfield
United States
Gulgun Gunal
Vigilant
On the rural outskirts of Ağva, 100 km outside Istanbul, I encountered a stray dog on the side of an asphalt road. The dog's gaze reflects a deep awareness, its eye contact a response to changes and potential dangers. This posture showcases its sensitivity to the surroundings while staying vigilant. The watchful expression in its eyes conveys readiness to react swiftly.
Gulgun Gunal
France
Turgay Uzer
Gelada monkeys on the "Roof of Africa"
Geladas are purely vegetarian monkeys endemic to Ethiopia's high mountains. This view was captured in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia
Turgay Uzer
United States
Alexej Sachov
Modern Rabbit underwater
The modern rabbit - the familiar becomes uncanny. A creature of innocence, now reborn of our negligence, leaps through the liquid cosmos – an eerie dance of survival in our plastic-infested seas.
Taken underwaer on a scuba dive in Egypt.
Alexej Sachov
Ukraine
Pablo Trilles Farrington
The enigmatic red-eyed leaf frog
The red-eyed leaf frog is a very popular amphibian species in Costa Rica. Most notable are its large red eyes with vertical pupils. Although its beauty lies in the combination of colors that make up its body. This set of photographs was taken in the La Fortuna region, in northern Costa Rica. Although this type of frog is a nocturnal animal, the photographs were taken during the day, at which time it takes the opportunity to rest camouflaged in the large leaves and in the thick jungle.
Stéphane Garnavault
From The Inside 2
Stéphane's "From the inside" series continues his exploration of his connection to the world, building upon the self-discovery journey of "Flower Portraits." Shifting his perspective, he looks inward, delving deeper into himself. The series showcases a play of shadows and light, contrasting detailed and blurry elements. With heightened awareness, he embraces abstraction and unleashes his imagination.
UNIA
Untitled
Thaddäus "hozzography" Biberauer
dream along
Paolo Ameli
Untitled
Nathan Rochefort
Hydrothermal Basin, Wyoming. 2022
False-Color Infrared photograph of the Norris Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park.
Nathan Rochefort
United States
Diane Hemingway
Buttercups
Diane Hemingway
United States
Jo Fields
Entwined
A walk in the park turned serendipitous life lesson on a warm day in early spring. A scene of unusual circumstances with uncertain outcomes presented itself – five rat snakes (non-venomous) had emerged from hibernation and arranged themselves in the trees. Many people blindly choose fear without finding out information and miss opportunities to truly learn about the world. On this day I chose curiosity over fear.
Torrance York
Untitled 6201, 2021
archival pigment print
Carmen Villar
Colourfull sunrise in Patagonia
Before dawn in Torres del Paine National Park, intensely colored lenticular clouds illuminate the landscape. A glorious moment!
Jacqui Turner
Untitled
Myrtie Cope
Sweet Gum Embroidered
Branches of a sweetgum tree enhanced with embroidery and a digital texture overlay.
Lev L. Spiro
Gucci
Lev L. Spiro
United States
Calli McCaw
Untitled, from the series A Passing
However beautiful, trees are a vital natural resource. They are also a canary in the coal mine, warning of the disasters of climate change. A Passing speaks to that warning featuring trees along the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano, depicting death and decline of once lush koa forests. Now ravaged from an unchecked human footprint, A Passing is a fitting metaphor for a world disinclined to heed the ever-worsening signs of climate change. Each image has been digitally blended with gold leaf.
Kelly O'Leary
Tendril
Macro capture of a minuscule vine elegantly enwrapping a blade of grass.
Kelly O'Leary
United States
Jean Karotkin Photography
From the series Gymnopédies
Gymnopédies, Karotkin’s series of botanical portraits, takes its name from a trio of piano compositions by 19th century French composer Erik Satie. Void of connotation, the unusual title freed Satie from stylistic constraints and gifted his audience a new experience of music. Karotkin’s Gymnopédies encourages a similar foray in the realm of flower photography, disavowing context and the conventional notion that flowers are most evocative when captured in color and in full bloom.
Francisco Gonzalez Camacho
A drop of silence
Image part of Elsewhere, an ongoing project developed over the last two years in Finland exploring the idea of displacement with the emerging of nature as a coping strategy and transcendental space. It intertwines elements of poetic narration, references to pictorialism and the use infrared photography.
Francisco Gonzalez Camacho
Finland
Thank You!
