“Wall, Weed, and Sky” considers the infinite and cyclical nature of beauty and being. The subject of the photograph is a once brightly painted, now fading wall on the costa norte of the Dominican Republic adorned by the crown of weeds that has grown in front of it. Color and light were used to manipulate the elements within the photograph so as to express more fully the protean nature of their existence and their beauty - and by reference, the beauty and ever changing nature of all things.
Sam Rittenberg lives and works in New York City and the Dominican Republic. His primary interest is in the ability of a photograph to express the infinite and paradoxical nature of being. He is guided by the idea that every picture has the potential to be a portal to that which is ordinarily beyond us. Twenty of Mr. Rittenberg’s works have been recognized in international competitions, including the Annual Photography Awards, Chromatic Awards, Fine Arts Photography Awards, International Photo Awards, Neutral Density Awards, Refocus - World Photo Annual, and the Tokyo International Foto Awards.