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Honorable Mention BIFA 2022 Architecture / Buildings

The Trapped Sun

  • Photographer
    Natalia Slovinska
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Architecture / Buildings

On a street in The Hague where dozens of people were hurrying, in the built-up space between the buildings there was a levitating sun around which several axes revolved. It made the scene monumental and tender at the same time. In addition, a moment of stopping at the right place showing me the lightness, connectedness and beauty of the rhythm of "nature" managed to fill me within a few seconds with something really unusual. Run there, stop and just be for a while. I believe that the photo will take you where it should. Sometimes it is good to stop even where the surrounding pressure is huge.

My name is Natalia Slovinska. I was born in Slovakia and currently I am living in the Netherlands. I am an amateur photographer specialized in architecture, street and nature photography. I rely more on my intuition than on technical knowledge, that leads me to trying all possibilities. I find uniqueness in every thing, place and situation, capture it in simplicity and perfection without major adjustments and interventions. Black and white photography shows me that less can be more and I like to find balance in that.