Powering Up With Venus

• Prize
  Silver in Special/Science / Technology
• Photographer
  Chengbin Zhang
• Agency / Studio
  Ming
• Technical Info
  f2?1/25@LEICA Q2; Photoshop
• Photo Date
  2023-11-10

This artwork created without AI, features a robot low on power connecting to a painting of a resurrected Venus, who smiles and recharges it. This image symbolizes the symbiotic relationship between technology and humanity. The robot, representing modern tech, seeks energy from Venus, a symbol of beauty and human values. This interaction highlights that advanced technology needs humanistic and aesthetic principles to thrive, emphasizing the dependency of technology on human creativity and emotional depth. It suggests that technology and humanity can coexist and support each other meaningfully.

• Awards
  2024 Silver winner in 2024 New York Photography Awards 2024 2nd Place-Merit of Excellence for 19th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2024 Accepted by 100th Zaragoza International Photography Exhibition 2024 Selected for the Critical Mass Top 200 2024 Honorable Mention for 17th International Color Awards 2024 Honourable Mention and exhibition in L.A. Center of Photography. 2024 Honorable Mention in the 7th International Digital Exhibition VISION, Finland 2024 Exhibited at the 2nd B&W Athens Photography Festival,Greece 2023 Silver winner in New York Photography Awards 2023 Honorable Mention for Chromatic Awards 2023 2023 Honorable Mention for EPEX 2023 ESPANA PHOTO EXHIBITION AWARDS 2023 Honorable Mention for 18th Black & White Spider Awards 2023 Official Selection & Honorable Mention in IPA 2023 2023 Selected for the 14th Shanghai Photography Art Exhibition 2023 Accepted by 6th International Digital Exhibition Vision 2023, Finland 2023 Nominated by 16th International Color Awards 2023 Accepted by Indonesia International Salon Exhibition 2023 Nominated by 17th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2023 Accepted by Bristol International Salon 2023 Accepted by reFocus-Awards-2023