AAP Magazine #34 - Shapes 2023
Shapes
Announcing Winners and Merit Awards
Winner's Gallery
Fabien Dendiével
La Muralla #8
I stayed for two days in this place to prepare myself and choose the moment or the the light that seemed ideal to me. I think that beyond the aesthetics, the lines, the perspective and the colors of this photo immerses us in a feeling of solitudes and introspection. To capture this scene I used a medium format film camera.
First Place winner
$500 Cash Prize
France
La Muralla #8
Shinji Ichikawa
Swing
Second Place Winner
$300 Cash Prize
Japan
Swing
Mien
Egg Serie 5/6
An egg shape is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful shapes that we find in nature.
Third Place Winner
$200 Cash Prize
Belgium
Egg Serie 5/6
Merit Award's Gallery
Gjert Rognli
«It`s all around you II»
With the photography project «It`s all around you» Gjert Rognli draws in references from his affiliation to the Arctic North, to light, darkness and the seasons. In this project, he uses fragments from the intangible cultural heritage from his Sámi Indigenous background. And he invites us on a mythological journey into deep forests and over misty landscapes. He illuminates nature with LED lights and creates light installations in the landscape. (Artificial Intelligence (A.I) is not used.
Gjert Rognli
Norway
Fern L. Nesson
Untitled
Fern L. Nesson
United States
Stuart Neil
Untitled
Gavin Libotte
Light Shadow
Sydney Opera House 2023 Fuji x100v
Derrick Whaley
Shapes & Patterns
Math is universal, math is a tool, what is what we use.
Walter Colley
Just Paper #6
Part of a series of still lives shot in the studio using office paper from a copier. Simple, clean, more work like this to come.
Walter Colley
United States
Vladimir Antaki
Beyrouth, mon Amour
A photographic homage to Beirut, a city close to my heart. It unveils diverse neighborhoods, where chipped paint and cracked bricks hold a hidden treasure. Through digital artistry crafted from pictures of different building facades, traditional Arabic mosaic emerges, blurring lines of wealth, religion, and sects. In a city marked by divisions, this series bridges differences, celebrating unity within diversity. It's a visual journey echoing Beirut's spirit and cultural mosaic.
Vladimir Antaki
France
Liliane Schwab
The Wire. 5
The Wire.
Playing with old wire and objects found in my home.
It’s always a game to discover what you can create.
An other visual adventure with some frustration on the way. The wire has it’s own stubborn personality. It does not always end up as planed. I surrender to my wire and work till it looks good.
I never analyze my work, it’s just what it is. The end result.
Still an ongoing project.
Liliane Schwab
Canada
Junichi Wajda
Ikoji Temple Sesshu Garden
In Japan 600 years ago, a Zen monk named Sesshu pioneered the foundations of the traditional Japanese ink painting. also Sesshu's artistic legacy extends beyond ink onto the canvas of gardens.His gardens harbor a potent concealed vector that guides the observer's gaze. By tracing this vector, each viewer's perception takes shape. Entrusting the camera to capture the guided movement of sight, I endeavored to approach Sesshu's aspiration for diversity and coexistence.
Giuliano Ottaviani
Untitled
Thomas Hofmann
City Gate
Always worth a shot: The Dusseldorf city gate with its futuristic glass facade.
Kevin Joseph Kinner
Architectural Montage
Various shapes of architecture are reflected in a window at Lincoln Center. The silhouette of a passerby is also part of the composition. This gives the image depth and aa focal point.
Michel Daumergue
Untitled
Jo Fields
Chiave di Violino (Treble Clef)
Musica Notturna (Night Music) pays homage to the moonflower vine that blooms for a single, lovely night. This uncommon and surprising aspect signifies that beauty can grow in dark times. Each blossom is an expressive song with its delicate tendrils, twirling buds, unfurling shapes and graceful closure. Musical terms are magic words that consummate the interpretation of music. These beautiful Italian words describe the musical character of each blossom
Emmanuelle Becker
Reveries 52
This photographic series, titled "Reveries", is inspired by the musical genre. The images are dreamy and meditative, composed of memories and wandering thoughts, a kind of waking dream. Like reveries, which are imbued with improvisation and ambiguity, I explore textures and phrasing. With this photographic ensemble, I invite the viewer on an emotional journey filled with anticipation and uncertainty.
Lisa Thomas
Blossoms 1
Blossoms 1 is a close-up image, captured with a macro lens, of the interplay between oil and water. The photograph was processed in Photoshop. Against a colorful pink, green, and white backdrop, the image evolves into abstraction. Its focus shifts towards circular formations, textures, and patterns reminiscent of flower blossoms.
Marcel van Balken
Curves
Nadide Goksun
Untitled-5
Trompe-l'œil painting on the wall.
Nadide Goksun
United States
Don Jacobson
Sperm Formation: Dante's View
Sander Vos
Abstrakt Flow 4
Klaus Lenzen
track and field IV
Athletics running tracks are usually seen in reddish brown, but more and more often in blue.
The colored running track markings on a blue background offer graphic elements worth seeing
Matt Coughlin
Untitled
Thank You!
