honorable mention
Christopher Lucka united statesPhoto © Christopher Lucka
title
City of The Falling Sun
I am heavily inspired by the works of Edward Hopper. His paintings detail the surreal relationship people have with urban spaces that are alien and haunting. The cold and mechanical yet astonishing cityscapes that humanity has forged, in which we live our lives.
I sought to create a meditative piece, with a common moment: a man sipping his coffee, juxtaposed with a labyrinth of concrete stained by sun and shadow. The unordinary ordinary.
As an autistic photographer, experiencing the world with great intensity, he feels that the camera is the most capable means of communicating complex thoughts, feelings, and sensations that are not easily rendered into the written or spoken language of daily life. This preoccupation with communication and language extends to the realm of writing and poetry. All these forms involve syntax: the juxtaposition of one element with another.
With this, he is able to synthesize the separate parts into a new whole. The alchemy of an Earth rearranged.
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entry description
I find the brutalist architecture of lower Manhattan extraordinarily striking. I would often walk down water street and broad street, before and after work, photographing the daily lives of people set against these incredible works of modernism. This is my favorite piece that emerged from this process.I am heavily inspired by the works of Edward Hopper. His paintings detail the surreal relationship people have with urban spaces that are alien and haunting. The cold and mechanical yet astonishing cityscapes that humanity has forged, in which we live our lives.
I sought to create a meditative piece, with a common moment: a man sipping his coffee, juxtaposed with a labyrinth of concrete stained by sun and shadow. The unordinary ordinary.
about the photographer
Christopher Lucka is a 28 year old photographer residing in Queens, New York. With a style that is spontaneous and lucid, he has a passion for street photography, surrealism, portraiture, and fine art. Although he experimented with cameras from a young age, it was at 19 when photography became a seriousinterest, as he took the streets of New York, eager to reveal the substance beneath the surface of the city.As an autistic photographer, experiencing the world with great intensity, he feels that the camera is the most capable means of communicating complex thoughts, feelings, and sensations that are not easily rendered into the written or spoken language of daily life. This preoccupation with communication and language extends to the realm of writing and poetry. All these forms involve syntax: the juxtaposition of one element with another.
With this, he is able to synthesize the separate parts into a new whole. The alchemy of an Earth rearranged.
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