FIRST PLACE WINNER - Nature: Landscapes (AMATEUR)
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Photo © Pawel Pilch
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These are few of many vibrant, wild and full of color hot springs in Yellowstone. This National Park sits on top of an active underground lava concentration that heats up many parts of this region. Microscopic organisms that thrive in this boiling environment add color and life to hundreds of acidic springs throughout Yellowstone. This organic canvas like nature itself is ever-changing and it's next incarnation is uncertain.
I took this series from a hight of 2000 feet (600 meters) through a small open window on the side of a helicopter that was tilted 45° downwards. This allowed me to point the camera completely down and approach the scene head on. From this vintage point this landscape became something entirely different.
"As a kid growing up in Poland in the 80's with the Iron Curtain still firmly in place, I vividly remember typical small town's visual palette. Heavy with history and grounded in tradition, restricted by guidelines, solid and never changing. Running through the streets I always thought the scene needed some tension. At the time Polish School of Poster Art became prominent creative outlet for graphic designers and painters across Central and Eastern Europe. Commissioned by the government posters were regularly printed and distributed across the country. Delivering the intended official message with sharp precision, were also (with just few lines and strong colors) creating optical focus and visually disrupting the status quo. I remember various walls of my town littered with large print playbills and posters. From socialist propaganda to latest movies and everything else in-between. Blurring the lines between design and art, very graphic in style with clear linear quality and bold colors, trying to convey information in the most basic way. They always got my attention and asked to be decoded, and I always took the challenge. Maybe that's way to this day I continue to look 'out there' for the simplest lines and primary shades, trying to focus my perception, eliminate peripheral distraction and reduce what I see to it's most basic visual elements. Hoping I can play my childhood game once more and see clearly again."
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These are few of many vibrant, wild and full of color hot springs in Yellowstone. This National Park sits on top of an active underground lava concentration that heats up many parts of this region. Microscopic organisms that thrive in this boiling environment add color and life to hundreds of acidic springs throughout Yellowstone. This organic canvas like nature itself is ever-changing and it's next incarnation is uncertain.
I took this series from a hight of 2000 feet (600 meters) through a small open window on the side of a helicopter that was tilted 45° downwards. This allowed me to point the camera completely down and approach the scene head on. From this vintage point this landscape became something entirely different.
About author:
Pawel was born in Southern Poland and lives in New York City. He studied English at Hunter College and trained at the International Center of Photography. He travels across the United States actively perusing photography with the intension to use his images as a creative form of expression. You can find his images at http://www.pilchphotography.com"As a kid growing up in Poland in the 80's with the Iron Curtain still firmly in place, I vividly remember typical small town's visual palette. Heavy with history and grounded in tradition, restricted by guidelines, solid and never changing. Running through the streets I always thought the scene needed some tension. At the time Polish School of Poster Art became prominent creative outlet for graphic designers and painters across Central and Eastern Europe. Commissioned by the government posters were regularly printed and distributed across the country. Delivering the intended official message with sharp precision, were also (with just few lines and strong colors) creating optical focus and visually disrupting the status quo. I remember various walls of my town littered with large print playbills and posters. From socialist propaganda to latest movies and everything else in-between. Blurring the lines between design and art, very graphic in style with clear linear quality and bold colors, trying to convey information in the most basic way. They always got my attention and asked to be decoded, and I always took the challenge. Maybe that's way to this day I continue to look 'out there' for the simplest lines and primary shades, trying to focus my perception, eliminate peripheral distraction and reduce what I see to it's most basic visual elements. Hoping I can play my childhood game once more and see clearly again."
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