Silver Winner

Ford Drive In, MI

Photographer

Matthew Portch

Category

Fine Art Photography - Open Theme

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2024

Country / Region

Australia

From a series Lost America which examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense: ‘on-pause’.



Backwater towns and rural corners are juxtaposed with the ambiguity of detached suburbia. Places appear frozen in time, their inhabitants absent or long since departed.



Ardently stagnant in their appearance, the images aim to unlock a moment of reflective contemplation and instil a melancholic feeling of familiarity.



One might not notice or acknowledge these spaces, especially when viewed within the vast stretch of America’s panorama. Yet, when framed as a single vignette, the places can appear to echo a moment of mournful reverie. Or, for some, they might behold an alluringly sombre impression.

Professional
2024
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Photographer / Company

Ryo Utsunomiya

Category

Nature Photography - Wildlife

Country / Region

Japan

Professional
2024
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Photographer / Company

Trevor Cole

Category

Editorial Photography - Documentary

Country / Region

Ireland

Professional
2024
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Photographer / Company

Michaela Ďurišová

Category

Fine Art Photography - Portrait

Country / Region

Slovakia

Professional
2024
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Rene Casselly

Photographer / Company

Daisy Seilern

Category

People Photography - Sports

Country / Region

Austria