Zenith, Nadir

• Photographer
  Oltea Sampetrean
• Technical Info
  ISO 200, (f/2,5, 1/1000sec), (f/2, 1/320sec),135mm, Sony a7RIV
• Photo Date
  September 2020
• Website
  https://oltea-photo.com/

The most glorious point and the final point in the life of a sunflower. Removing the color, I tried to convey the texture and maybe the scent of summer and the universal emotions these two points can evoke.

• Biography
  Amateur photographer based in Tokyo, using artistic photography to explore universal patterns in nature. Visualizing structures and forms that transcend species, time and physical reality helps me interrogate transiency and permanence, frailness and robustness, and find fundamental beauty in everyday life.
• Awards
  2022 IPA Awards, Honorable mention, Nature Trees 2022 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Honorable mention, Nature Trees 2021 TIFA Awards, Honorable mention Fine Art 2021 IPA awards, Honorable mention Nature Flowers 2021 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Bronze, Nature 2020/2021 FAPA awards, Nominee, Nature 2020 TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards), Science, 1st place, Gold Winner 2020 Monochrome Awards, Honorable mention, Fine Art 2020 Monochrome Awards, Honorable mention, Nature 2020 IPA awards, Honorable mention, Architecture 2020 IPA awards, Honorable mention, Fine Art-Other