Herbarium of Summer Memories

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Still Life
• 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
  Summer 2021
• Website
  https://www.majastrgarkurecic.com

These photos symbolize the warmth of a summer day, the carefreeness and beauty of the little things in life. Each plant in these photos carries a memory of the summer spent on the Adriatic. I collected them every day on the way back from the beach. Although they are dry and seem lifeless, they carry within them the seeds of new life. To emphasize their delicate and fragile structure, I photographed them submerged in water. The colors in the photos are intentionally reduced to warm which symbolizes the warmth of the sun in summer or cold, which represent the color of the Adriatic Sea.

• 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