honorable mention
Ken Moran united states
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Sweet Potato Vines
I have always been fascinated by the diversity in form, color, and structure of plants and flowers. I find the different stages in the yearly cycle of a plant bring its own designs that are unique to each plant and flower. Realizing every flower and plant is different, I began photographing flowers and plants from around my neighborhood for an ongoing collection I titled “Botanical Portraits”. Using portrait lighting techniques, I attempt to bring out the individual uniqueness in each of my “subjects”.
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entry description
I have always been fascinated by the diversity in form, color, and structure of plants and flowers. I find the different stages in the yearly cycle of a plant bring its own designs that are unique to each plant and flower. Realizing every flower and plant is different, I began photographing flowers and plants from around my neighborhood for an ongoing collection I titled “Botanical Portraits”. Using portrait lighting techniques, I attempt to bring out the individual uniqueness in each of my “subjects”. My images of Sweet Potato Vines is just one continuing chapter in my book of Botanical Portraits.about the photographer
I grew up in suburbia, middle of Nassau County, Long Island, and New York. As mundane as that could have been, I was exposed to fine art from an early age. Summers were not spent playing little league, but rather visiting the museums of New York city; MOMA, The Whitney, The Guggenheim, among others. At the time, Abstraction and Surrealism were on the forefront of modern art. What we learn at an early age, we tend to carry with us for the rest of our lives. Neither my life as an artist nor my professional career have been a linear progression. For the most part my professional career has been in education, with forays into construction and graphic design. Similarly, my art has also taken a convoluted path with stops in watercolor, ceramics, and woodworking, finally settling in photography. Now retired from full-time professional education, I continue to make art using photography as my medium.I have always been fascinated by the diversity in form, color, and structure of plants and flowers. I find the different stages in the yearly cycle of a plant bring its own designs that are unique to each plant and flower. Realizing every flower and plant is different, I began photographing flowers and plants from around my neighborhood for an ongoing collection I titled “Botanical Portraits”. Using portrait lighting techniques, I attempt to bring out the individual uniqueness in each of my “subjects”.
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