“To be an artist is to believe in life.”
– Henry Moore
BELIEVE
Highly saturated in colour, this rich image of an exotic beach filled with yellow kites is an idyllic conception of a community coming together for a moment of celebration.
Photographed at the height of summer in late July, this field of wild poppies on the Sussex South Downs in the UK basks in the low evening sunshine. The light only adds to the stark chromatic juxtaposition of the red petals set against the green foliage as the sunshine skips across the tops of the fields.
“When you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls.” – Ted Grant.
The woman dancing naked implies the courage to rebel and break free from her own constraints. The dove, acting as a symbol of peace, only serves to enhance the mood of freedom and independence inherent in the work.
An elephant family out for a stroll in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
Shot from a quirky perspective, Jan Zwart captures the shadows and outlines of the passers-by as they cross the floor above.
Symmetrical, neat and ordered, Haker manipulates the composition of the photograph to almost deceive the viewer of the building’s dereliction. A skylight suggests a warm bluebird day shining down on this abandoned relic as it floods the palatial columns below the mezzanine with light.
This image is taken from his title show ‘Baby It’s A Green Light’ which was an animated exhibition showcasing etchings, lithographs, silkscreens, coloured drawings and digital-hand-mixed prints.
I took this in India from a tall railway bridge that crosses a big valley. I had been watching two men plowing a field beneath the bridge for a while when these three children came racing down the hill into the field. I just managed to grab this shot as they lined up so perfectly and then watched as the small girl chased the two boys around the field wanting to join in their game.
The overall winning image of the British Life Photography Competition inspired by the democratisation of photography in the twenty-first century, this quintessentially British caravan reflects all that is good about the British countryside.