2nd place
silver star award
Daniel Munteanu
romania 
title
Fire Abstracts
One of the defining things that place a photograph as being an artifact depicting a slice of reality, a copy of reality in a way, is the clarity of the lines and all the details that resemble the thing actually photographed. I wanted something different but sincerely straight from the camera. Something that looks like fantasy but is no Photoshop trick.
My goal was to photograph reality in a way that it no longer looks real, palpable, but more like we are made of mist, particles or light waves. A photograph that depicts reality in an unreal way.
For the last five years working at the Transience impressionist project, travelling in different cities and natural settings in Europe, experimenting and shooting more than 80.000 images for this project alone, with the goal of turning photographed reality into fantastical paintings.
Previous experience in visual arts in the field of 3D computer graphics and landscape environments. In late years adding skills in music videos creation (filming, editing) and experimental short films, along with creative writing, voice-over and sound design.
Awards and honorable mentions at international photo competitions, such as IPA, International Color Awards, Prix du Paris. Solo exhibitions in Romania and Japan, group exhibitions in America, Italy.
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entry description
Sometimes one can see visions in the depths of the fire element, shapes and creatures as are to be found in the mid-summer white clouds. I have caught those illusory forms, and to make them more unreal and fantastic I have used the ICM (intentional camera movement) technique and combined the movement of the photo camera its self, on a longer exposure, with the movement of fire burning. The resulting images are surreal abstracts and figures with a world of their own.One of the defining things that place a photograph as being an artifact depicting a slice of reality, a copy of reality in a way, is the clarity of the lines and all the details that resemble the thing actually photographed. I wanted something different but sincerely straight from the camera. Something that looks like fantasy but is no Photoshop trick.
My goal was to photograph reality in a way that it no longer looks real, palpable, but more like we are made of mist, particles or light waves. A photograph that depicts reality in an unreal way.
about the photographer
Visual artist skilled in many digital visual areas, specializing in fine art staged and studio photography, (Ikebana-like fantasy arrangements photographed with artificial lighting), creative photography and impressionist photography using ICM.For the last five years working at the Transience impressionist project, travelling in different cities and natural settings in Europe, experimenting and shooting more than 80.000 images for this project alone, with the goal of turning photographed reality into fantastical paintings.
Previous experience in visual arts in the field of 3D computer graphics and landscape environments. In late years adding skills in music videos creation (filming, editing) and experimental short films, along with creative writing, voice-over and sound design.
Awards and honorable mentions at international photo competitions, such as IPA, International Color Awards, Prix du Paris. Solo exhibitions in Romania and Japan, group exhibitions in America, Italy.
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