FIRST PLACE WINNER - Nature: Landscapes (PROFESSIONAL)
Steaming ocean

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This series of photographs is part of an exhibition which is currently held in Kuala Lumpur. These pictures are an explosion of colours from the Kilauea volcano in Big island- Hawaii. These pictures are a combination of colours, patterns and perspectives, with a mix of lava, water, steam and rocks. I took them from the cliff or from a boat between 2013 and 2017, during day time, night time, sunset, or sunrise. The range of photographs vary from landscape to abstract with the fusion between the water and the fire.
My interest for volcanoes is quite old. I climbed my first volcano in 1989: the Popocateptel in Mexico. But my interest turned into passion in 1998 when I witnessed the eruption of Etna and Stromboli, 2 volcanoes located in Sicily - Italy. I have never stopped climbing volcanoes since then.
My passion for volcanoes lead me to discover remote areas and I started to photograph the life around volcanoes as well. I then developed my taste for ethnics pictures, and of course for pictures of active volcanoes.
I started photography as an autodidact. My style of pictures comes from my experience of volcanoes: to catch the right moment, to play with perspectives, colours, and patterns.
In 2016, I decided to share my experience, and I started to exhibit my pictures, to sell fine art photographies and to make photobooks.
In November, for the 2016 photo contest, National Geographic shortlisted 2 pictures among 80 000 pictures submitted: in the landscape category, the picture "Herculean Stove" taken in Nyiragongo volcano (DR Congo); in the action category, the picture "Sparkeling bombs" taken in Batu tara volcano, a remote island off Lambeta island in Indonesia
In 2017, several exhibitions will display my pictures.
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This series of photographs is part of an exhibition which is currently held in Kuala Lumpur. These pictures are an explosion of colours from the Kilauea volcano in Big island- Hawaii. These pictures are a combination of colours, patterns and perspectives, with a mix of lava, water, steam and rocks. I took them from the cliff or from a boat between 2013 and 2017, during day time, night time, sunset, or sunrise. The range of photographs vary from landscape to abstract with the fusion between the water and the fire.
About author:
Hello, I am Florent. Born in Lyon, France, I studied oceanography and marine environment. In 2000, I created homelidays.com, the largest pan-European for-rent-by-owner vacation rental website. I sold it in 2009 and moved to Malaysia with my family.My interest for volcanoes is quite old. I climbed my first volcano in 1989: the Popocateptel in Mexico. But my interest turned into passion in 1998 when I witnessed the eruption of Etna and Stromboli, 2 volcanoes located in Sicily - Italy. I have never stopped climbing volcanoes since then.
My passion for volcanoes lead me to discover remote areas and I started to photograph the life around volcanoes as well. I then developed my taste for ethnics pictures, and of course for pictures of active volcanoes.
I started photography as an autodidact. My style of pictures comes from my experience of volcanoes: to catch the right moment, to play with perspectives, colours, and patterns.
In 2016, I decided to share my experience, and I started to exhibit my pictures, to sell fine art photographies and to make photobooks.
In November, for the 2016 photo contest, National Geographic shortlisted 2 pictures among 80 000 pictures submitted: in the landscape category, the picture "Herculean Stove" taken in Nyiragongo volcano (DR Congo); in the action category, the picture "Sparkeling bombs" taken in Batu tara volcano, a remote island off Lambeta island in Indonesia
In 2017, several exhibitions will display my pictures.
BACK TO GALLERY