The Springbearer

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Collage
• Photographer
  Sara Victoria Sandberg
• Technical Info
  Canon 5d Mark Iv
• Photo Date
  2021-2023

The elements in the image symbolise spring and life as a whole. Spring is the cherry tree, and the bear who has woken up from a long winter of hibernation stands for a new beginning. In contrast, sometimes there are spring floods. Perhaps they refer to overcoming challenges in life and still keeping afloat? All throughout there is light, a start of a new season, a new beginning for life and aspirations - in the end, that's what spring is all about? Life is a journey, we never know where it takes us.

Sara Victoria Sandberg is a photo composite artist based in Stockholm. Sara has always had a great love for the arts and has pursued the medium of watercolors for many years. Sara developed her skills in digital photo artistry through attending various courses and has developed a personal style in her work where she combines photography and digital painting with her artistic vision. She works with light and shadow to mold the scene she visualizes into a finished piece adopting a combination of photo-realism and painterly style.