Elvira'S Peony

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Flowers
• Photographer
  Maja Strgar Kurecic
• Agency / Studio
  Msk Photography
• Technical Info
  Canon Eos 6d Camera, Canon Ef 100mm F/2.8 Macro Usm Lens.
• Photo Date
  14.5.2021.
• Website
  https://www.majastrgarkurecic.com

These are photos of the peony I got from Elvira. I love shooting flowers that I get from my friends and loved ones. In doing so, I seek to preserve the memory of that happy moment of reception that carries within it a sense of love, respect, and intimacy with the person who gave me the flower. With the way I shoot and the lighting, I want to achieve the timeless beauty of a flower that never withers. To emphasize the delicate structure of the petals I photographed them through the water.

• Biography
  Maja Strgar Kurecic is a fine art photographer and an Associate Professor of photography at the Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has been involved in photography for over 25 years. At the beginning of her career, she engaged mostly in advertising and reportage photography. The last few years she devoted to projects that fall within the field of abstract photography. She exhibited photographs on over 50 group and 20 independent exhibitions, held in country and abroad.
• Awards
  2020. PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris - Bronze in Nature Category 2020. San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards - Silver Award and a Gallery Award 2020. All About Photo Awards 2020, The Mind's Eye - Finalist 2020. MIFA 2020 - Moscow International Foto Awards - Silver in Fine Art Category / Still Life 2020. 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award - WINNER in the Nature Category 2020. 6th FAPA - Fine Art Photography Awards - 3rd prize winner in Nature Category 2019. TIFA 2019 - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2019 - Gold Winner in Nature Category 2019. MIFA 2019 - Moscow International Foto Awards - Bronze in Architecture-Interiors 2019. Chromatic Photography Awards - 2nd place - Silver medal in Abstract Category 2019. ND Photography Awards - 1st place and Gold Star Award in Fine Art: Abstract Category 2019. Minimalist Photography Awards - 1st place winner - Abstract Photographer of the Year 2018. 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Winner in Abstract category