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Silver 2026 Fine Art / Still Life

Surface Tension

  • Photographer
    Tom Gainer
  • Prize
    Silver in Fine Art / Still Life

Colored pencils become sculptural forms when submerged, their surfaces transformed by bubbles that cling and shimmer in the light. The arrangement highlights crisp lines, saturated color, and the delicate texture created by surface tension. Through controlled studio lighting and a restrained composition, the image turns familiar objects into a moment of quiet animation, suspended between stillness and change.

I create photographs that explore the threshold between stillness and transformation, where ordinary materials appear briefly animated. Light acts as an active presence, revealing the quiet significance of modest, tactile objects. Grounded in photographic integrity, my work honors the unembellished real. Across still life and macro studies, I seek the charged moment where material becomes subtle narrative.

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