Blance of Forces

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Nudes
• Photographer
  Stephan Ernst
• Agency / Studio
  Stern Photography
• Photo Date
  13.04.2025

Power is not always loud. Suspended beneath the surface, a body hovers at the intersection of opposing energies — gravity and buoyancy, current and will. Wrapped in gold and blue ribbons, she becomes both force and form. Gold stands for inner command; blue for external pressure. The image is not composited — every element is real, lit with strobes above and below. The mirrored surface offers no symmetry, only tension. This underwater portrait reveals how balance is not the absence of conflict, but the art of holding it — a visual meditation on quiet strength, vulnerability, and poise.

I'm an underwater photographer since 2013, focusing on people and mermaids. In adiition, I own a Photography studio in my hometown.