Love

• Prize
  Silver in Special/Digitally Enhanced
• Photographer
  Giovanna Arnaud Fleming
• Agency / Studio
  Giovanna Flemig Andrea Arnaud
• Photo Date
  2022

"Love," born from the collaboration between a landscape photographer and a digital artist, presents a completely transformed and abstract composition. The only original element in the final artwork is the ice and its reflection in the lagoon. An array of bold graphic elements infuses the image with a modern and dynamic aesthetic. These added graphics create a layered, complex visual image, rendering the original photograph unrecognizable. This transformation blends photography with graphic artistry, producing a visually arresting and imaginative piece of art.

A consequence of growing up in mountainous areas is a sensitivity to the subtle cycles and seasonal changes of the landscape. The trees, the rivers, the fields, the snow cover, and the mountains, which show different aspects of themselves from one hour, one day, one season, to the next. The world’s wild places - mountains, glaciers, polar ice – are under increasing pressure, both from climate change and the relentless intrusion of human activities. One way to inspire people to value and make an effort to preserve these areas is by sharing images of them. These images need to convey not only